Music for Chameleons
Truman Capote
262 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0141184612
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Language: English
Publish: 978336000000
20th CenturyAmericanClassicsEssaysFictionLiterary FictionLiteratureShort StoriesThe United States Of AmericaTrue Crime
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.