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Summer Crossing

A Novel

By Truman Capote

By Truman Capote

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May 23, 2012 | ISBN 9780307822789

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Summer Crossing by Truman Capote
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May 23, 2012 | ISBN 9780307822789
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    Jun 27, 2006 | ISBN 9780812975932

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    Oct 25, 2005 | ISBN 9781400065226

  • May 23, 2012 | ISBN 9780307822789

  • Dec 13, 2005 | ISBN 9780739332726

    206 Minutes

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About Summer Crossing

“Witness the coming together of Truman Capote’s voice, the electric-into-neon blaze that is surely one of the premier styles of postwar American literature.”—The Washington Post Book World

“A great breezy read . . . with Capote’s trademark wit, but also with genuine youthful awe at the exhilaration of late-forties New York.”—New York

A lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capote’s Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.

Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair she’s been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her.

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About Truman Capote

Truman 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. Capote rose to… More about Truman Capote

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"Truman Capote is the most perfect writer of my generation."
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Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction | Classic Fiction | Historical Romance | Historical Fiction

Ebook | $11.99
Published by Modern Library
May 23, 2012 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9780307822789

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