Tangible prose that reaches out to grab hold of the senses.

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	• Other Voices, Other Rooms Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 41 reviews view larger image
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It's Southern Literature

I read this book to find our how its dead mule, John Henry, came to hang himself off the balcony with a spittoon tied to his leg. This is Capote's first published work and I can't believe it's never been made into a movie. The boy Joel seems so real and having finished the book, I so want to know what became of him. Did he grow up to be that strange, funny little man I used to see on Merv Griffin's talk show?

The road to happiness isn't always a highway

Joel travels to a tiny town in Louisiana to meet the father he's never seen. It's a languid, very Southern story of a lonely young boy figuring out his place in the world, and the book is considered one of the classic gay novels. Capote's style here in his first book is a bit awkward in places, but the story is compelling. I think Donald Rawley's "The Night Bird Cantata" will appeal to those who love this, too.

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Tangible prose that reaches out to grab hold of the senses.

Capote's first novel written at the age of 23 showed his genius from the start. The beguiling story of a youth who comes to live with family long forgotten; he is initiated into this house of confusing characters and ghosts that haunt the past as well as the present.

Capote's talent lies in his ability to make you feel the warm, muggy southern breeze upon your throat as he wraps it around your very body. He writes of his south like a man possessed and enthralled with the life that abides there. At times the story tends to wander and for that I would give it a 3.5 but for all intents and purposes it is entirely unforgettable. Kelsana 7/24/01

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A riveting examination of the heart

An infinitely complex novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms is a riveting examination of the often disturbing human heart. One of Capote's most obscure novels, the book is difficult to comprehend as it is read. It takes great effort to move from page to page trying to find the patterns in the ambiguous and suggestive imagery. However, on completing on the novel and thinking about it, one finds that Other Voices, Other Rooms is a gift to literature. Nobody can agree on what Capote was actually insinuating, but what we can all agree on is that when one reflects on the novel as a whole, one is very likely to think about one's life in a different way. A must read for a serious reader.

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An Excellent book! Truman Capote is a genius

I'm almost finished reading Truman Capote's "Other Voices, Other Room, and I must say that this is the best book I have read in a long time. This is the first Truman Capote novel I've read and boy!! IT IS EXVELLENT. It is the story of a young boy's search for his father. It is a sad story, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. TRUMAN CAPOTE IS A GENIUS!!!

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