Truman capote

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'Breathtaking... The stories are special. They stand in their own right as lovely vignettes of the lives of the lonely, broken and troubled' Andrew Johnson, Independent Written when Truman Capote was in his teens and twenties, these recently-discovered short stories give a rare insight into an American icon. Tales of disappointed lovers, ageing spinsters, hoboes and murderous housewives, of yearning, poverty, despair, compassion, wit and wonder, they show us the boy from Alabama who became one of the twentieth century's most celebrated literary voices. 'An intriguing glimpse of Capote as a boy: precocious, provocative, spirited and strange, a "pocket Merlin" spinning tall tales' Olivia Laing, New Statesman Features Summary 'Breathtaking... The stories are special. They stand in their own right as lovely vignettes of the lives of the lonely, broken and troubled' Andrew Johnson... Author Truman Capote Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20160615 Pages 192 ISBN 0-241-20242-6 ISBN 13 978-0-241-20242-5

Published by Hamish Hamilton in 1966. Book is clean and square. Jacket in very good condition with mild wear at the spine ends. Another classic work by the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's.  

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Hardcover. English. Hamish Hamilton, 1983. First British Edition. 41pp. Good condition in hardcover with good dw, not price-clipped. Capote discusses a disastrous childhood trip to New Orleans to spend one Christmas with his alcoholic father.

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'She was bored and fought against her boredom, which only bored her still more.' Five sparkling, irreverent brief portraits of famous literary figures (including libertines, eccentrics and rogues) from Spain's greatest living writer. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space. Features Summary One of fifty new books at 1.00 pound each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry - all complete... Author Javier Marias Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20180222 Pages 64 ISBN 0-241-33948-0 ISBN 13 978-0-241-33948-0