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Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote, the author of Breakfast at Tiffany''s,
are a captivating tribute to the Christmas season

''We set about choosing a tree. It should be, muses my friend, twice as tall as a boy. So a boy can''t steal the star.''

Selected from across Truman Capote''s writing life, these Christmas stories range from nostalgic, semi-autobiographical portraits of childhood to more unsettling tales of darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote''s youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden ''aunt'' Sook forage for pecans and whiskey to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts - and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests; while in other stories, a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York and an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore.

Brimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time.

A Christmas Memory

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 27 October 2022
      ISBN-13 9780241474426
      978-0241474426
      ISBN-10 0241474426

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote, the author of Breakfast at Tiffany''s,
      are a captivating tribute to the Christmas season

      ''We set about choosing a tree. It should be, muses my friend, twice as tall as a boy. So a boy can''t steal the star.''

      Selected from across Truman Capote''s writing life, these Christmas stories range from nostalgic, semi-autobiographical portraits of childhood to more unsettling tales of darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote''s youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden ''aunt'' Sook forage for pecans and whiskey to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts - and rise before dawn to prepare feasts for a ragged assembly of guests; while in other stories, a lonely woman has a troubling encounter in wintry New York and an unlikely festive miracle, of sorts, occurs at a local drugstore.

      Brimming with feeling, these sparkling tales convey both the wonder and the chill of Christmas time.

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