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New Writing
Truman Capote
ISBN: 9780141184616
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
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Based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer, this work offers insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. It also features six short stories and seven 'conversational portraits' including one of Marilyn Monroe, the 'beautiful child' and a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York.
At the centre of "Music for Chameleons" is Handcarved Coffins, a 'nonfiction novel' based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Taking place in a small Midwestern town in America, it offers chilling insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. Also in this volume are six short stories and seven 'conversational portraits' including a touching one of Marilyn Monroe, the 'beautiful child' and a hilarious one of a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York.
| ISBN | 0141184612 | | Weight (grammes) | 217 | | ISBN13 | 9780141184616
(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 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 25 Jan 2001 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 813.54 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 288 | |
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"An incomparable stylist and entertainer...clean and cool...Ýwith a superb, near-perfect pitch with dialogue." --"The New York Times Book Review" "Everything is displayed in this book: insights and recollections of the famous and the obscure; old jokes and fresh wit...These stories and vingettes will endure." --"New Republic"  Be the first to write a customer review
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