Truman Capote

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 …

Perhaps no twentieth century writer was so observant and elegant a chronicler of his times as Truman Capote. Whether he was profiling the rich and famous or creating indelible word-pictures of events and places near and far, Capote’s eye for detail and dazzling style made his reportage and commentary undeniable …

Anunciado por Truman Capote cerca de vinte anos antes da data em que viria a ser efectivamente publicado, já após a sua morte, Súplicas Atendidas transformou-se pouco a pouco numa das obras mais esperadas deste autor, a ponto de ter sido considerado o mais famoso romance não publicado da literatura norte-americana. Na …