{"product_id":"other-voices-other-rooms-paperback","title":"Other Voices, Other Rooms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTruman Capote\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruman Capote's first novel is a story of almost supernatural intensity and inventiveness, an audacious foray into the mind of a sensitive boy as he seeks out the grown-up enigmas of love and death in the ghostly landscape of the deep South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of twelve, Joel Knox is summoned to meet the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at the decaying mansion in Skully's Landing, his father is nowhere in sight. What he finds instead is a sullen stepmother who delights in killing birds; an uncle with the face--and heart--of a debauched child; and a fearsome little girl named Idabel who may offer him the closest thing he has ever known to love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRUMAN CAPOTE 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. With the 1948 publication of \u003ci\u003eOther Voices, Other Rooms, \u003c\/i\u003e Capote was catapulted onto the international literary scene and for nearly four decades was a fixture in New York literati and high society circles. 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. Among his many celebrated works are the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Grass Harp\u003c\/i\u003e, the novella \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoirs \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Memory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Thanksgiving Visitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and the true-crime masterpiece \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e. Capote died in 1984, just weeks shy of his sixtieth birthday. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJOHN BERENDT is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was also an editor. He lives in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756924436768,"sku":"9780679745648","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/39ba081e2201293f846c111638f541c3.webp?v=1780089339","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/other-voices-other-rooms-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}