Capote: A Biography by Clarke, Gerald

Hardback. Very Good.

Hamish Hamilton, 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:9780241125496

Hamish Hamilton, 1988-08-25. Hardcover. Very Good. 5.3299 in x 23.0964 in x 18.7817 in.

London England: Hamish Hamilton, 1988. Capote: A Biography Hardback First Edition light wear to d/j now in removable cover, Truman Capote was one of the best writers of his generation, a superb and almost matchless stylist. His short stories made him a literary celebrity while still in his teens, and for the next thirty years he was a comet of genius, fame, and finally self-destruction. His first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, published in 1948, was followed ten years later by Breakfast at Tiffany s, which introduced to the world one of American literature s most endearing heroines, the irrepressible Holly Golightly. In the 1960s came the phenomenal success of In Cold Blood, a true-crime story whose novelistic techniques have influenced non-fiction writers ever since. A much-sought-after dinner guest among the rich and famous, Capote reciprocated in 1966 with a party that made headlines, his black-and-white ball at Manhattan s Plaza Hotel. The trauma of researching and writing In Cold Blood had… Read More