[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. EXLEY, Frederick (1929-1992). A Fan?s Notes. New York, et al: Harper & Row, [1968]. FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY, OF THE AUTHOR?S FIRST BOOK with publisher?s slip laid in. McMurtry once quoted Exley as being the ?American Dante? which Exley was pleased to read: ?You like to think someone out there knows what you?re up to. But it?s not worth spelling out. To keep writing year after year, you must assume there are readers out there who understand the work?.