Understanding Truman Capote / Thomas Fahy.

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,...

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Main Author: Fahy, Thomas Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2014.
Series:Understanding contemporary American literature.
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