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Music For Chameleons

Music For Chameleons

New Writing

Truman Capote

At the centre of Music for Chameleons is Handcarved Coffins, a ‘nonfiction novel' based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Taking place in a small Midwestern town in America, it offers chilling insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. Also in this volume are six short stories and seven ‘conversational portraits' includi...

Publisher:
Penguin
Year of publication:
2001
ISBN:
978-0-14-118461-6
Pages:
262
12,50 €
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Synopsis

At the centre of Music for Chameleons is Handcarved Coffins, a ‘nonfiction novel' based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Taking place in a small Midwestern town in America, it offers chilling insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. Also in this volume are six short stories and seven ‘conversational portraits' including a touching one of Marilyn Monroe, the ‘beautiful child' and a hilarious one of a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York.

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