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Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote (Modern Library Paperbacks)

2 reviews
Truman Capote

Modern Library, 2008

Capote one of Best Writers Ever & This collection of essays prove it!
Capote was one of the best writers ever even when his lifestyle was in the pits. This collection of essays prove it.

Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel

20 reviews
Truman Capote

Vintage, 1994

Unanswered gems
Although "Answered Prayers" can be read as dated since most of it's "characters" live in the 1960's and 1970's, there is still marvelous prose and stories that pique the interest. Capote had promised to complete several short stories for this tome, but this collection contains only three. All of them are marvels to read, but the last, "La Cote Basque", is a stinging expose of the New York ...

The Complete Stories of Truman Capote

11 reviews
Truman Capote

Vintage, 2005

extraordinary small jewels
Truman Capote was a brilliant, eccentric novelist and author of a shocking at the time of its publication, documentary fiction book "In Cold Blood". And although he is famous for these works, his short stories are equally captivating and original. They are small masterpieces, weird and magnetizing. The protagonists are usually strange children (in his other works, Capote did not pay much ...

Music for Chameleons

34 reviews
Truman Capote

Vintage, 1994

In his own words
In the truest sense of the word, Truman Capote is a wordsmith. Even before looking at the context of a story, I am amazed by Capote's ability to to craft words together in a sentence for a powerful meaning. While I wish I had half of his writing talent, I also wish more contemporary writers were as gifted in composing prose as Capote. In large part, "Music for Chameleons" fits into Capote's ...

The Grass Harp

10 reviews
Truman Capote

Vintage, 1993

A Miracle of Writing: Capote's Genius at Full Throttle
[I wrote this review in 1999 as "A Reader." I hope more people read it and read this book.] For years I've known about this work but never read it until now. I've been fishing about in contemporary fiction, looking for something entertaining, enlightening, and superbly well written, but my search ended entirely when I finally read this novel, written in 1951. Set in the South, in the ...

In Cold Blood

420 reviews
Truman Capote

Modern Library, 2002

Wow, Great Read!
Just finished this book and had to write a review for it. It's been years since I've read a book that is so difficult to put down! This was my first book by Capote and I just ordered 2 more by him. It's amazing that this is a true story and Capote is brilliant with his presentation of this gruesome crime story.

Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library)

102 reviews
Truman Capote

Modern Library, 1994

Pure Genius
Arguably the greatest writer of the 20th century, the only misfortune of Capote's work is that there is not more of it. In this somewhat peculiar collection of stories, Capote demonstrates his command of the written word. While one tale gives the book its title, another story shines even brighter in this collection. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a legendary work in the cinema, though fewer ...

A Christmas Memory

74 reviews
Truman Capote

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006

Enchanting
This was my first taste of Truman Capote away from Breakfast at Tiffany's, and I have to admit that I was blown away by these stories. Rarely does a story pull at my heart strings anymore, but these stories practically left me in tears. Incredibly moving.

Capote: A Biography

25 reviews
Gerald Clarke

Da Capo Press, 2005

Details of Truman Capote
Although the large size of this book may concern you, it's a quick read. Truman Capote's life is painted in great detail.

Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career

21 reviews
George Plimpton

Anchor, 1998

TRUMAN
Honestly, Capote would have loved this book, he loved the subject above all others. Ths late Plimpton does a fine job getting many of Capote's friends and admirors, as well as detractors, to give an insightful look at this singular man. Capote was complex and manipulative, but people were drawn to him, he was the ultimate self promoter. I really think even those who hated him, missed him when ...

The Southern Haunting of Truman Capote

8 reviews
Marie Rudisill, James C. Simmons

Cumberland House Publishing, 2000

simply fascinating
This book has so much detail in such few chapters. This story tells how Truman was first left to stay at Jenny's house..Also featuring the special tree house, the bone fence and the Sunday dinners. All these stories were wonderful. I've never read such interesting, real detail about Truman's life..this book is a must have for every Capote fan. Way to go Marie

Truman Capote, Enfant Terrible
Robert Emmet Long

Continuum International Publishing Group, 2008

Written like a New Yorker profile, this book, by the author of the definitive volume on the films of Merchant Ivory, who also has had access to Capote's unpublished papers, studies Truman Capote in a new way: through his early years and works. There have now been two recent and acclaimed films on Capote. Why the current interest? It is perhaps because Truman Capote, among the great American authors, represents the big unanswered question: What ...

Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball

19 reviews
Deborah Davis

Wiley, 2007

Peering at the peerless
If you're fascinated by the 1960s, you'll love Davis's take of Truman Capote's legendary black and white ball held in the Grand Ballroom at the Plaza Hotel in November 1966. Davis has a gift for not patronizing her readers. To those readers who were living, thinking, socially conscious adults in the 60s and can personally recall Capote's self-aggrandizing antics, she retells the familiar story in ...

Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story

11 reviews
Kim Powers

Da Capo Press, 2008

Guaranteed to knock your socks off
appropriate enough, given the disembodied legs on the cover...but cover art notwithstanding, Powers grabs you from page one and will not let you go until you have read the last word. A few caveats: it will definitely help if you know the stories of In Cold Blood and To Kill a Mockingbird; knowledge of Capote and Lee outside of these stories is a definite plus. Powers freely admits that he ...

Other Voices, Other Rooms

41 reviews
Truman Capote

Vintage, 1994

Minority View
If Truman Capote were alive today, he'd be thrilled about the latest (July 2008) issue of Italian Vogue. All the fashion pictures use black women models. It's Vogue's way of saying: Hey don't forget about this particular minority. They're still available to wear your dresses and bikinis; they're just as interesting as ever, just as beautiful as white models. Come rediscover them. In Other ...

Truman Capote: Conversations (Literary Conversations)

2 reviews

University Press of Mississippi, 1987

a collection of interviews with one of our great talkers
Truman Capote once said that he loved talking more than anything else. Inge's book is a collection of interviews with the great talker himself, covering the period from 1948, when Capote burst on the literary scene with his first novel, "Other Voices, Other Rooms," to a 1980 self-interview from "Music for Chameleons." It includes the complete texts of George Plimpton's important "New York ...

Conversations with Capote

8 reviews
Lawrence Grobel

Da Capo Press, 2000

Funny read
everything and perhaps a little more than you want to know about Truman Capote. A nice easy to read bok.

Summer Crossing: A Novel (Modern Library Paperbacks)

16 reviews
Truman Capote

Modern Library, 2006

Pwerful perspectives from a young Capote
I'm largely writing to add some stars to the rating for this book. Fascinating to see how Capote started off his writing career. The characters and story stem from a youthful perspective, yet are rich and mature in their depth, complexity and subtlety. If you are a Capote reader, this will not disappoint and will add a fascinating dimension to your sense of the author. It's short and ...

Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories

2 reviews
Truman Capote

Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2000

Capote's Unique Literary Gifts on Display in the Original Story of Holly Golightly and Three Other Tales
Those who know Truman Capote's alternately poignant and comic 1958 novella only through the memorable 1961 Audrey Hepburn film directed by Blake Edwards may be surprised to find that Holly Golightly, in her original incarnation, is recalled in a flashback as a nineteen-year old Manhattan "party girl" during WWII. The still provocative story is really a memory piece fifteen years later by the ...

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