The exploits of Billy the Kid, as shared by a dime-novel writer.

Finally, Larry McMurtry's "Anything for Billy" (Pocket Books) retells the story of Billy the Kid from the point of view of a dime-novel writer, who marvels at how "the history boys" have turned a naive, amoral kid named Billy into a veritable legend.

As seen through the eyes of Mr. McMurtry's narrator - a dime-novel writer by the name of Ben Sippy -Billy emerges as a tragicomic figure, by turns funny, touching and altogether appalling.