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f'The lost novel that inspired,
¦ breakfast at tiff^y's' the times:"
Flame-haired Grady McNeil is beautiful, rich and defiant. ^ Her privileged society life leaves her wanting more than her conventional parents have in mind for her, and excitement comes in the form of the highly unsuitable Clyde, a Brooklyn-born Jewish parking attendant. When Grady's mother and father leave her alone one summer in their New York ^ penthouse, her secret affair intensifies and she is forced to ^ make decisions that will alter her future indelibly.
Anticipating Holly Golightly with its free-spirited heroine, ' Truman Capote's recently discovered début novel is also. ( a captivating portrayal of first love and the endless^ ' possibilities of youth.
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'A sort of fairy tale of New York >. ; • - ' " extraordinarily good' observer
'Glorious told with jagged lightning-bursts of brilliance' guardian i
'An extraordinary find This is classic, atmospheric 5
New York Capote' financial times
i
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Fülszöveg
f'The lost novel that inspired,
¦ breakfast at tiff^y's' the times:"
Flame-haired Grady McNeil is beautiful, rich and defiant. ^ Her privileged society life leaves her wanting more than her conventional parents have in mind for her, and excitement comes in the form of the highly unsuitable Clyde, a Brooklyn-born Jewish parking attendant. When Grady's mother and father leave her alone one summer in their New York ^ penthouse, her secret affair intensifies and she is forced to ^ make decisions that will alter her future indelibly.
Anticipating Holly Golightly with its free-spirited heroine, ' Truman Capote's recently discovered début novel is also. ( a captivating portrayal of first love and the endless^ ' possibilities of youth.
"S
'A sort of fairy tale of New York >. ; • - ' " extraordinarily good' observer
'Glorious told with jagged lightning-bursts of brilliance' guardian i
'An extraordinary find This is classic, atmospheric 5
New York Capote' financial times
i
'It is identifiably the work of one of the twentieth century's ^ / great writers. Capote may not have chosen to publish it, but rr in this case we are lucky that others did' Rachel Cusk . v
'Charming lyrical a work of art' independent on sunday s^s^t
Cover © David Wright / The Illustrated London News Picture Library , : , - ^ i
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