A Capote Reader

'The only four things that interested me were: reading books, going to the movies, tap-dancing and drawing pictures. Then one day I started writing ...' Truman Capote began writing at the age of eight, and never looked back. "A Capote Reader" contains much of the author's published work: his brilliant and prolific oeuvre of fiction, travel sketches, portraits, reportage and essays. It includes all twelve of his celebrated short stories, together with "The Grass Harp" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's". There are vivid sketches of places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, and fascinating insights into the lives of his contemporaries, from Jane Bowles and Cecil Beaton to Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Williams. Generous space is devoted to reportage including 'The Muses Are Heard', on his trip to Communist Europe in the 1950s with the cast of Porgy and Bess. In all, "A Capote Reader" demonstrates the chameleon talents of one of America's most versatile and gifted writers.

ISBN 0141185309   Weight (grammes) 499 ISBN13 9780141185309 (What's this?)   Published in London Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Series editor Phillips, Adam, Phillips, Adam, Phillips, Adam Imprint Penguin Classics   Series title Penguin Modern Classics Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780140187052 Publication date 28 Feb 2002   Height (mm) 198 DEWEY 813.54   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 31 Pages 736   Academic level General

		Miriam		3
		My Side of the Matter		13
		A Tree of Night		21
		Jug of Silver		32
		The Headless Hawk		44
		Shut a Final Door		63
		Master Misery		76
		Children on Their Birthdays		92
		A Diamond Guitar		107
		House of Flowers		116
		Among the Paths to Eden		127
		Mojave		138
		The Grass Harp		155
		Breakfast at Tiffany's		228
		New Orleans		285
		New York		291
		Brooklyn		297
		Hollywood		303
		Haiti		308
		To Europe		316
		Ischia		321
		Tangier		327
		A Ride Through Spain		334
		Fontana Vecchia		338
		Extreme Magic		345
		Greek Paragraphs		351
		Music for Chameleons		356
		The Muses Are Heard		365
		Then It All Came Down		455
		Handcarved Coffins		463
		The Duke in His Domain		517
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		Jane Bowles		563

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