Provocative and disturbing, Truman Capote’s first published novel is a meditation on how fate can debase youthful expectations. Joel Knox seeks his long-absent father and his own future, but nothing turns out as planned.
Pure magic. Read it, you’ll love American literature (OK at least Capote personally) forever
Quotes
Мария Даниловаhas quoted2 years ago
"Shoot, boy, the country's just fulla folks what knows everythin, and don't unnerstand nothin, just fullofem,
Nadya Bessonovahas quoted7 years ago
On these dangerous evening patrols, Joel had witnessed many peculiar spectacles, like the night he’d watched a young girl waltzing stark naked to victrola music; and again, an old lady drop dead while puffing at a fairyland of candles burning on a birthday cake; and most puzzling of all, two grown men standing in an ugly little room kissing each other.