| Title | Music for Chameleons
new writing |
|---|---|
| Author | Truman Capote |
| Publication | Penguin |
| Size | XIX, 262p |
| Language | ENG |
| ISBN | 9780141184616 |
| Topics |
American fiction--Crime stories American fiction--Short stories and novellas Monroe, Marilyn (US actress, 1926-1962) |
| Notes | 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. |