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New York: Random House [1948], 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [8], 3-231, [3] pp. Beige cloth with a green rule on the spine and front board, red lettering on the spine. Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket; green topstain. Jacket design by Sol Immerman. Ahearn APG 001b. Capote's first novel, concerned with a young boy's reaching adolescence in a bleak Southern rural town. The writer was openly gay during his lifetime, and the child of an unstable mother. These circumstances informed his writing and molded his literary voice. A critical novel from one of the twentieth century's most important writers. Minor toning to the boards; jacket has some toning and light wear including a small abrasion on its rear flap and a subtle wrinkle to its front panel.

Truman Capote's debut novel about a young boy's journey to his father's mansion in the Deep South, exploring themes of sexuality and identity.