内容简介
'Everythingisdisplayedinthisbook：insightsandrecollectionsofthefamousandtheobscure;oldjokesandfreshwit...Thesestoriesandvignetteswillendure.'-NewRepublic.InthesegemsofreportageTrumanCapotetakestruestoriesandrealpeopleandrendersthemwiththestylisticbrioweexpectfromgreatfiction.
作者简介
TrumanCapotewasanativeofNewOrleans,wherehewasbornonSeptember30,1924.Hisfirstnovel,OtherVoices,OtherRooms,wasaninternationalliterarysuccesswhenfirstpublishedin1948,andaccordedtheauthoraprominentplaceamongthewritersofAmerica'spostwargeneration.Hesustainedthispositionsubsequentlywithshort-storycollections(ATreeofNight,amongothers),novelsandnovellas(TheGrassHarpandBreakfastatTiffany's),someofthebesttravelwritingofourtime(LocalColor),profilesandreportagethatappearedoriginallyinTheNewYorker(TheDukeinHisDomainandTheMusesAreHeard),atrue-crimemasterpiece(InColdBlood),severalshortmemiorsabouthischildhoodintheSouth(AChristmasMemory,TheThanksgivingVisitor,andOneChristmas),twoplays(TheGrassHarpandHouseofFlowersandtwofilms(BeatthedevilandTheInnocents).Mr.CapotetwicewontheO.HenryMemorialShortStoryPrizeandwasamemberoftheNationalInstituteofArtsandLetters.HediedinAugust1984,shortlybeforehissixtiethbirthday.,,
