Truman Capote
- ISBN-10
- 080442229X
- ISBN-13
- 9780804422291
- Series
- Truman Capote
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Ungar
- Author
- Helen S. Garson
Description
The Public Broadcasting Service and Thirteen/WNET New York provide a biographical sketch of American writer Truman Capote (1924-1984) as a supplement to the documentary series "American Masters." Capote wrote novels, short stories, and plays, and is credited with pioneering the genre known as the "nonfiction novel" with the publication of "In Cold Blood," an account of the murder of a Kansas family. Other works by Capote include "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "A Christmas Memory," and "House of Flowers."
