Truman Capote

In these gems of reportage Truman Capote takes true stories and real people and renders them with the stylistic brio we expect from great fiction. Here we encounter an exquisitely preserved Creole aristocrat sipping absinthe in her Martinique salon; an enigmatic killer who sends his victims announcements of their forthcoming demise; and a proper...

The Letters of Truman CapoteThe private letters of Truman Capote, lovingly assembled here for the first time by acclaimed Capote biographer Gerald Clarke, provide an intimate, unvarnished portrait of one of the twentieth century's most colorful and fascinating literary figures.Capote was an inveterate letter writer. He wrote letters as he...

Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the story of three endearing misfitsan orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladieswho one day take up residence in a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all...

Although Truman Capote's last, unfinished novel offers a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time. Tracing the career of a writer of uncertain parentage and omnivorous erotic tastes, Answered Prayers careens from a louche bar in Tangiers to a banquette at La Cte Basque, from literary salons to high-priced whorehouses....

A landmark collection that brings together Truman Capote's life's work in the form he called his ';great love,' The Complete Stories confirms Capote's status as a master of the short story. Ranging from the gothic South to the chic East Coast, from rural children to aging urban sophisticates, all the unforgettable places...

Z zimną krwią to pionierska próba nowego pisarstwa, dokument zbrodni popełnionej przez dwóch recydywistów na czteroosobowej rodzinie farmera z Kansas. Wydarzenie to zostało szczegółowo opisane, podobnie jak śledztwo, pościg za mordercami, proces i zachowanie przestępców w sądzie i więzieniu aż po egzekucję. Capote po mistrzowsku przedstawia godny...