Answered Prayers - (Vintage International) by Truman Capote (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Although Truman Capote's last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions offer a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time.<br> </b><br><b>Prose that makes the heart sing and the narrative fly. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br></b><br>Tracing the career of a writer of uncertain parentage and omnivorous erotic tastes, <i>Answered Prayers </i>careens from a louche bar in Tangiers to a banquette at La Côte Basque, from literary salons to high-priced whorehouses. It takes in calculating beauties and sadistic husbands along with such real-life supporting characters as Colette, the Duchess of Windsor, Montgomery Clift, and Tallulah Bankhead. Above all, this malevolently finny book displays Capote at his most relentlessly observant and murderously witty.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>As it follows the career of a writer of uncertain parentage and omnivorous erotic tastes, Answered Prayers careens from a louche bar in Tangiers to a banquette at La Cote Basque, from literary salons to highpriced whorehouses. It takes in calculating beauties and sadistic husbands along with such real-life supporting characters as Colette, the Duchess of Windsor, Montgomery Clift, and Tallulah Bankhead. Above all, this malevolently funny book displays Capote at his most relentlessly observant and murderously witty.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A gift from an unbridled genius. Exciting ... irresistible ... should be cherished as top-flight work from a master. --<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i> <p/>Prose that makes the heart sing and the narrative fly... inspired. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Truman Capote </b>was born September 30, 1924, in New Orleans. After his parents' divorce, he was sent to live with relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. It was here he would meet his lifelong friend, the author Harper Lee. Capote rose to international prominence in 1948 with the publication of his debut novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. Among his celebrated works are <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's, A Tree of Night, The Grass Harp, Summer Crossing, A Christmas Memory, </i> and <i>In Cold Blood, </i> widely considered one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. Twice awarded the O. Henry Short Story Prize, Capote was also the recipient of a National Institute of Arts and Letters Creative Writing Award and an Edgar Award. He died August 25, 1984, shortly before his sixtieth birthday.
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