Media - Books by or about Truman Capote

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A House on the Heightsbuy
	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 of Brooklyn's "splendid contradictions". Its denizens, including a celebrated Russian spy, a globe-trotting antiquarian, and a cat-rescuing dowager with a pointed social agenda bring to life the Brooklyn that cast its spell over Capote. In "A House on the Heights" he meanders through a special time and place still recognizable today.
In Cold Bloodbuy
	This chilling nonfiction novel about a brutal 1959 killing in Holcomb, Kansas makes powerful reading. Author Truman Capote (1924-1984) writes superbly as he recreates the events of this horrid crime, and lets us peek into the minds of the perpetrators. more...
Lost Friendships: A Memoir of Truman Capote Tennessee Williams and Others - Donald Windhambuy
Drawing on his journals, novelist Windham ( Two People, etc.) describes his relationships with Capote and Williams ("the one person I loved to whom I didn't have a physical attachment"), their addiction to alcohol, jealousy and untruth, their deterioration as writers and as human beings. more...
Music for Chameleonsbuy
	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 announcements of their forthcoming demise; and a proper Connecticut householder with a ruinous obsession for a twelve-year-old girl he has never met. more...
Other Voices, Other Roomsbuy
	In "Other Voices, Other Rooms" 13 year-old Joel moves into a decaying backwoods southern mansion to reunite with his father...and finds only mystery. This psychological/gothic tale makes for a supremely atmospheric and compelling read. Reality is consistently filtered through veils of memory, family and personal history, sexual secrecy, legend, lore and more. The result is a reality that is fleeting and no more tangible than moonlight. "Other Voices, Other Rooms" is also a great example of Capote's love of a tale within a tale and emphasizes his southern storyteller genius.