The tranquil life he led in the quiet enclave of Brooklyn Heights stood in sharp contrast to the glittering scene he adored on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge, but for a few years in the 1950's and '60's, Truman Capote happily made his home in a yellow brick house on Willow Street. By turns wistful and farcical, "A House on the Heights" vividly evokes a neighborhood Capote described as among Brooklyn's "splendid contradictions," a world of grand homes and dimly recalled gentility, of mysterious warehouses and ...
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The tranquil life he led in the quiet enclave of Brooklyn Heights stood in sharp contrast to the glittering scene he adored on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge, but for a few years in the 1950's and '60's, Truman Capote happily made his home in a yellow brick house on Willow Street. By turns wistful and farcical, "A House on the Heights" vividly evokes a neighborhood Capote described as among Brooklyn's "splendid contradictions," a world of grand homes and dimly recalled gentility, of mysterious warehouses and cartoonish street thugs, of antiques and dowagers, a broad yard overhung with wisteria, and the famous Esplanade with its incomparable view all rendered in Capote's deft and stylish prose."
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 9781892145246. Size: 7"-8" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 1892145243. ISBN/EAN: 9781892145246. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16259.
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Very Good: a copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light green paper covered boards, lettered in black. Extended gift inscription inked on front flyleaf, otherwise as issued. Pictorial dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. 1st ptg. : Feb. 2002. 43 pp.
