![]() 85-year-old Homer Bannon lives with his wife, his stepson Hud, his 17-year-old grandson Lonnie, and Halmea, a maternal housekeeper. Set on a cattle ranch in rural Texas in the early 1950s. The title of the novel derives from the last three lines of the poem " Under Ben Bulben" by William Butler Yeats, which are carved on Yeats’s tombstone: The novel was adapted into the screenplay for the 1963 film Hud, starring Paul Newman as the title character. Homer's ruthless stepson, Hud, stands as the primary antagonist of the novel. Set in Texas in 1954, the Bannon ranch is owned by Lonnie's grandfather, Homer Bannon. ![]() ![]() McMurtry's debut novel, it portrays life on a cattle ranch from the perspective of young narrator Lonnie Bannon. Horseman, Pass By is a 1961 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. ![]()
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