Understanding Truman Capote

by Thomas Fahy

Book Overview

A new direction for Capote studies that reconsiders the author's place in literary criticism, the canon, and the classroom

Truman Capote--along with his most famous works In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's--continues to have a powerful hold over the American popular imagination. His glamorous lifestyle, which included hobnobbing with the rich and famous and frequenting the most elite nightclubs in Manhattan, makes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611173418
• ISBN13: 9781611173413
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"