The Early Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote

Written when Truman Capote was in his teens and twenties, these recently-discovered short stories give a rare insight into an American icon.
Tales of disappointed lovers, ageing spinsters, hoboes and murderous housewives, of yearning, poverty, despair, compassion, wit and wonder, they show us the boy from Alabama who became one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated literary voices.