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(0)Truman Capote
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he finished writing it.
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent...
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent...
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's. In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape—her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm.
This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, “House of Flowers,” “A Diamond Guitar,”
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Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the story of three endearing misfits-an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies-who one day take up residence in a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love, "that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of...
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Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Truman Capote's first novel is a story of almost supernatural intensity and inventiveness, an audacious foray into the mind of a sensitive boy as he seeks out the grown-up enigmas of love and death in the ghostly landscape of the deep South. At the age of twelve, Joel Knox is summoned to meet the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at the decaying mansion in Skully's Landing, his father is nowhere in sight. What he finds instead...
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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The early fiction of one of the nation’s most celebrated writers, Truman Capote, as he takes his first bold steps into the canon of American literature
Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote writing in his teens and early twenties, before he penned such classics as Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s,...
Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote writing in his teens and early twenties, before he penned such classics as Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
178 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Breakfast at Tiffany's: Tells the story of a young Southern-born writer, known only to us as Fred, who becomes infatuated with his Upper East Side neighbor: the beguiling, effervescent beauty Miss Holiday Golightly. As Holly pulls Fred into her world of spontaneous parties and luxury, he finds himself increasingly fascinated with this captivating woman.
House of flowers: Ottilie is entranced by a beautiful young man, and leaves her life and friends...
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Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
viii, 396 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xv, 300 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 short story.
Ranging from the Gothic South to the chic East Coast, from rural children to aging urban sophisticates, all the unforgettable places and people of Capote’s oeuvre are here, in stories as elegant as they are heartfelt, as haunting as they are compassionate....
10) In cold blood
Series
Criterion collection volume 781
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
English
Description
An account of the senseless murder of a Kansas farm family and the search for the killers.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A romantic comedy about an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazillian millionaire and her next-door neighbor, a writer who is sponsored--and stifled--by a wealthy woman.
12) Murder by death
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An eccentric millionaire invites the world's top detectives to his remote mansion in this clever comedy by Neil Simon. He involves them in a baffling whodunit, convinced he can out-sleuth them all.