Sharline's review
Music for Chameleons (Penguin Modern Classics) by Truman Capote
I love Capote's ear for dialog and eye for details. I like the work of journalists who combine the best of reporting skills with literary skills, and he's one of them.
Capote's stories have a lot more heart, sensitive protagonists, which I appreciate. He's not just going for that jaded, irreverent reporter's voice.
The imagery is so well done I can still see details from various scenes: the old woman at the piano while chameleons scurry across the floor; the vomit smell of the fortune teller's breath as she laughs in the boy's face; breathy Marilyn Monroe being interviewed...
Capote's stories have a lot more heart, sensitive protagonists, which I appreciate. He's not just going for that jaded, irreverent reporter's voice.
The imagery is so well done I can still see details from various scenes: the old woman at the piano while chameleons scurry across the floor; the vomit smell of the fortune teller's breath as she laughs in the boy's face; breathy Marilyn Monroe being interviewed...
