Review: Lawrence Wright takes aim at Austin politics in comic novel ‘Mr. Texas’

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Pulitzer-winning author Lawrence Wright, who grew up in Dallas, captures the unbridled absurdity of the state Legislature in his new novel ‘Mr. Texas.'

A walk under the vast West Texas sky seals Sonny’s decision. “Nothing in your life made any difference in the countenance of the heavens bearing down on you, no more than the mountains and the cows and the rattlesnakes. After considering the vanity of ambition, especially in one so unaccomplished, Sonny recollected that he had only one life, and where was that headed?”Advertisement

Even casual observers of Texas politics will catch echoes of past scandals and officials. Sonny squeaks past his vastly more qualified opponent, Valerie Nightingale, thanks to a leak that may call to mind former gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis.

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