A Capote Reader

By: Truman Capote

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Paperback | 26 April 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Truman Capote began writing when he was eight and became one of America's most versatile and gifted authors.A Capote Readercontains much of his published work- his dazzling fiction, includingBreakfast at Tiffany's, as well as his prolific output of short stories . . .

'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 brilliant and prolific oeuvre of fiction, travel sketches, portraits, reportage and essays. It includes all twelve of his celebrated short stories, together with The Grass Harp and Breakfast at Tiffany's. There are vivid sketches of places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, and fascinating insights into the lives of his contemporaries, from Jane Bowles and Cecil Beaton to Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Williams. Generous space is devoted to reportage including 'The Muses Are Heard', on his trip to Communist Europe in the 1950s with the cast of Porgy and Bess. In all, A Capote Reader demonstrates the chameleon talents of one of America's most versatile and gifted writers.

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Miriam	p. 3
My Side of the Matter	p. 13
A Tree of Night	p. 21
Jug of Silver	p. 32
The Headless Hawk	p. 44
Shut a Final Door	p. 63
Master Misery	p. 76
Children on Their Birthdays	p. 92
A Diamond Guitar	p. 107
House of Flowers	p. 116
Among the Paths to Eden	p. 127
Mojave	p. 138
The Grass Harp	p. 155
Breakfast at Tiffany's	p. 228
New Orleans	p. 285
New York	p. 291
Brooklyn	p. 297
Hollywood	p. 303
Haiti	p. 308
To Europe	p. 316
Ischia	p. 321
Tangier	p. 327
A Ride Through Spain	p. 334
Fontana Vecchia	p. 338
Extreme Magic	p. 345
Greek Paragraphs	p. 351
Music for Chameleons	p. 356
The Muses Are Heard	p. 365
Then It All Came Down	p. 455
Handcarved Coffins	p. 463
The Duke in His Domain	p. 517
From Observations: Richard Avedon, John Huston, Charlie Chaplin, A Gathering of Swans, Pablo Picasso, Coco Chanel, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Cocteau and Andre Gide, Mae West, Louis Armstrong, Humphrey Bogart, Ezra Pound, Somerset Maugham, Isak Dinesen	p. 545
Jane Bowles	p. 563
Cecil Beaton	p. 566
Elizabeth Taylor	p. 570
A Beautiful Child	p. 578
Remembering Tennessee	p. 590
A House on the Heights	p. 597
Lola	p. 608
A Voice from a Cloud	p. 616
Ghosts in Sunlight: The Filming of In Cold Blood	p. 621
The White Rose	p. 628
Self-Portrait	p. 632
Preface to The Dogs Bark	p. 642
A Day's Work	p. 645
Dazzle	p. 657
Hidden Gardens	p. 666
Hello, Stranger	p. 675
Derring-do	p. 685
Nocturnal Turnings	p. 695
Mr. Jones	p. 708
A Lamp in a Window	p. 710
Hospitality	p. 713
Preface to Music for Chameleons	p. 717
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