Author: Truman Capote Year: 1980 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Classic, True crime, Essays
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ISBNs: 9780141184616 9780679745662 0141184612 0679745661 |
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At the centre of 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.
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