Capote, Truman
Capote, Truman( 1924–84),New Orleans-born author whose novels are Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948), about a homosexually inclined boy painfully groping toward maturity; and The Grass Harp (1951, dramatized 1952), about innocent people, old and young, escaping social restraint by living in a tree house. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) is a novella about a light-hearted, amoral playgirl of New York, Holly Golightly. Tree of Night (1949) contains stories, and Local Color (1950) collects travel sketches. House of Flowers (1954) is a musical play set in a West Indies bordello. The Muses Are Heard (1956) is a witty account of his travels with the black cast of Porgy and Bess through Russia. In Cold Blood (1966) examines a notorious multiple murder. A Christmas Memory (1966) and The Thanksgiving Visitor (1969) are tales; The Dogs Bark (1973) collects essays and other short pieces; and...
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