false 2287 0679745645 9780679745648 1736 157 Other Voices, Other Rooms (Vintage International) http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160807630m/2287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2287.Other_Voices_Other_Rooms 431149 Truman Capote 76338 4601 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 03:03:11 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 03:05:44 -0700 2009 In Cold Blood, the first true-crime novel. Which is a format I find distasteful and opportunistic.

But then I read this, and it's a proper, beautiful, dark novel, full of great descriptive Gothic prose.

The first third is quite Kafka-esque (I do not use this term lightly, and apologise for any cringe-reactions) in its confusion and secrecy. The final third is quite dream-like, the resolution both threatening and a release.

Just really good southern stuff with a wonderful turn of phrase and mysterious, larger-than-life characters.

Also a coming of gay story? Which I didn't explicitly see on reading. But is undeniable thinking back on it.]]>