Capote in Kansas A Ghost Story |
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| Author:
| Powers, Kim |
| ISBN: | 978-0-306-81749-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books
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| Imprint: | Da Capo Press, Incorporated |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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From the author of the bestselling memoir,
The History of Swimming, comes a novel about Truman Capote, Harper Lee, and the ghosts of the Clutters, the Kansas farm family murdered fifty years ago, in cold blood. Kim Powers imagines the truths Capote and Lee uncovered in Kansas and kept hidden for years; the rumors and revelations that followed the success of
To Kill a Mockingbird, which estranged the former friends; and the confessions Capote makes in his final months...
More DescriptionFrom the author of the bestselling memoir,
The History of Swimming, comes a novel about Truman Capote, Harper Lee, and the ghosts of the Clutters, the Kansas farm family murdered fifty years ago, in cold blood. Kim Powers imagines the truths Capote and Lee uncovered in Kansas and kept hidden for years; the rumors and revelations that followed the success of
To Kill a Mockingbird, which estranged the former friends; and the confessions Capote makes in his final months that ultimately reunite them.
The ghosts of the Clutters also appear, seeking resolution and revenge. What secrets from that tragic night do the family members confess? WithCapote in Kansas, Kim Powers looks at one of the greatest literary mysteries of the twentieth century and creates a haunting tale of what might have been.