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. In 1965, consuming more than six years of his life, In Cold Blood was published.

Works Cited

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