Too Brief a Treat

The Letters of Truman Capote

Truman Capote, Gerald Clarke

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English

Vintage
15 December 2005

Biography; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Vintage International

The private letters of Truman Capote, lovingly assembled here for the first time by acclaimed Capote biographer Gerald Clarke, provide an intimate, unvarnished portrait of one of the twentieth century's most colorful and fascinating literary figures.

Capote was an inveterate letter writer. He wrote letters as he spoke- emphatically, spontaneously, and passionately. Spanning more than four decades, his letters are the closest thing we have to a Capote autobiography, showing us the uncannily self-possessed naif who jumped headlong into the post-World War II New York literary scene; the more mature Capote of the 1950s; the Capote of the early 1960s, immersed in the research and writing of In Cold Blood; and Capote later in life, as things seem to be unraveling. With cameos by a veritable who's who of twentieth-century glitterati, Too Brief a Treat shines a spotlight on the life and times of an incomparable American writer.

By: Truman Capote
Edited by: Gerald Clarke
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 388g
ISBN: 9780375702419
ISBN 10: 0375702415
Series: Vintage International
Publication Date: 15 December 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote

“Dead funny and crackling with gossip.” —Vanity Fair “Here we see Capote at his witchy, bitchy best, leaving us longing for more.” —The Washington Post World “Chatty, funny, affectionate and wildly interested in the big world—the bigger the better—Capote the correspondent is irresistible.” —Newsday