Truman Capote

Truman Capote

Major Works

Novels

Capote's first novel Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) is of the depiction of a homosexual searching for his father and his own identity in the south. Followed by The Grass Harp (1951) which is a story about escaping from realities in life to find refuge in a tree house and then returning to the real world. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) is actually a novella about a young playgirl. In 1965, Capote wrote In Cold Blood based on six years of research about a Kansas family murder.

Biography

Capote published his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, when he was twenty three years old.

Works Cited

Krebs, Albin. “Truman Capote Is Dead at 59; Novelist of Style and Clarity.” New York Times 26 Aug. 1984, sec. L1+