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. Very Good Jacket. Size: 7x5x0; 'A lovely little book for all those interested in the social history of Brooklyn Heights and in the lives of owner Oliver Smith and Truman Capote. The house was recently sold for 12 million dollars. ' Posted within 1 working day. 1st class post to the UK, Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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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.
