Truman Capote's Southern Years: Stories from a Monroeville Cousin (Fire Ant Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)The stories were told beautifully.Truman was portrayed as a folk hero of Monroeville, kind of like an Anansi or Brer Rabbit.When I first bought the book, I thought it was going to be boring and scholarly, but not so.A movie could be made of the book.The sadness came through strongly.God gave Truman great abilities, but they were even greater, because Trumanhurt.

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Although much is known about the mature Truman Capote - his literary genius and flamboyant lifestyle - details of his childhood years spent in Monroeville, Alabama, have remained a mystery. "Truman Capote's Southern Years" explores Capote's formative years, the abandonment by his mother, and his early life in the care of elderly relatives. In Monroeville, young Capote formed significant bonds and played childhood games with his cousin, Jennings Faulk Carter, and next door neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee. Through the tales told here by Carter, readers discover the lively imagination and the early tragedies of a brilliant child.