Music for Chameleons (1980) is an anthology by the American author Truman Capote, which includes both fiction and non-fiction. Capote's first offering of new material in 14 years, Music for Chameleons spent an unheard of (for a collection of short works) 16 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
The book is divided into three sections. Part one, headed "Music for Chameleons", includes the title piece and five other stories ("Mr. Jones", "A ...
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Music for Chameleons (1980) is an anthology by the American author Truman Capote, which includes both fiction and non-fiction. Capote's first offering of new material in 14 years, Music for Chameleons spent an unheard of (for a collection of short works) 16 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
The book is divided into three sections. Part one, headed "Music for Chameleons", includes the title piece and five other stories ("Mr. Jones", "A Lamp in a Window", "Mojave", "Hospitality", "Dazzle"). The core of the book is Handcarved Coffins, a supposedly "nonfiction account of an American crime" that brings to mind certain parallels with his best-known work, the difference being that Capote did not include himself in the narrative as a character when he wrote In Cold Blood. Some readers might question the article's validity if they take note of the conspicuous error when Capote examines the photo of a woman which has birth/death dates (1939-1975) written on the back. In an earlier...
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