Saturday, April 19, 2008

A worthwhile anniversary ...

... Bruce Bawer on Capote's Small, Exquisite Gem. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

There is also Other Voices, Other Rooms. I remember taking that out of the St. Joe's College library one afternoon. I started reading it on the bus and I was simply stunned by how beautifully written it was. Had Capote contented himself with novellas and short stories, he might have produced a greater body of work - to say nothing of a body of greater work - and had a happier life. Bruce's piece is characteristically excellent.

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