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    1. The Complete Stories of Truman Capote (2004)

      by Truman Capote, Reynolds Price

      A landmark collection that brings together Truman Capote’s life’s work in the form he called his “great love,” The Complete Stories confirms Capote’s status as a master of the the short story. This first-ever compendium features a never-before-published 1950 story, “The Bargain,” as well as an... (learn more about this book)

    1. Too Brief a Treat (2004)

      The Letters of Truman Capote

      by Truman Capote

      The private letters of Truman Capote, lovingly assembled here for the first time by acclaimed Capote biographer Gerald Clarke, provide an intimate, unvarnished portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most colorful and fascinating literary figures. Capote was an inveterate letter writer. He... (learn more about this book)

    1. A House on the Heights (2002)

      by Truman Capote

      The tranquil life Truman Capote led in the quiet enclave of Brooklyn Heights in the 1950s and 1960s stood in sharp contrast to the glittering scene he adored in Manhattan. Intimate and wry, A House on the Heights vividly evokes the neighborhood that Capote came to know well and described as one... (learn more about this book)

    1. The Reason Why (1995)

      An Anthology of the Murderous Mind

      by Ruth Rendell

      One of the world's most acclaimed mystery writers presents an anthology of literary depictions of murder that delves into the human passions, terrors, and foibles that incite the act and linger in its wake. Includes such writers as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Poe, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy,... (learn more about this book)

    1. Music for Chameleons (1994)

      by Truman Capote

      In these gems of reportage Truman Capote takes true stories and real people and renders then with the stylistic brio we expect from great fiction. Here we encounter an exquisitely preserved Creole aristocrat sipping absinthe in her Martinique salon; an enigmatic killer who sends his victims... (learn more about this book)

    1. A Capote Reader (1987)

      by Truman Capote

      '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... (learn more about this book)

    1. I Remember Grandpa (1987)

      by Truman Capote

      No hint of the felicity to come graces this brief tribute by Truman Capote to his grandfather. Written when he was 22, it was previously published in 1986 in Redbook. A biographical note tells us that the story really commemorates Capote's uncle, but that change in emphasis doesn't explain either... (learn more about this book)

    1. Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel (1986)

      by Truman Capote

      P.B. Jones is the amoral, bisexual protagonist of this unfinished novel. He discovers that bed-hopping rather than literary ability is the way to get published. He discovers along the way that prayers that are answered cause more pain than those that remain ignored. (learn more about this book)