An edition of Answered Prayers (1986)

Answered prayers

the unfinished novel

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An edition of Answered Prayers (1986)

Answered prayers

the unfinished novel

  • 5.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 43 Want to read
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  • 3 Have read

RESUMEN: El protagonista de la novela ingenioso, encantador, bisexual, absolutamente amoral logró escaparse de un orfanato a los trece años, aprendió el oficio de masajista y se las ingenió para convertirse en un pícaro moderno y codearse con los ricos y los famosos, desempeñando unas veces el papel de confidente, otras el de bufón y, para los lectores de esta novela, el de divertidísimo cronista de las disparatadas vidas de la jet-set. Este libro es, en buena parte, un roman à clef y, a veces, ni siquiera necesita claves, pues por sus páginas desfilan junto a retratos tenuemente disfrazados de escritores como Tennessee Williams, actrices como Greta Garbo, millonarios como Niarchos, personajes reales, como las inefables Mrs. Mathau y Mrs. Cooper, cuyos diálogos sobre la vida y costumbres (preferentemente sexuales) de otros miembros de la alta sociedad están reproducidos con cruel fidelidad.

Although Truman Capote's last, unfinished novel offers a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time. Tracing the career of a writer of uncertain parentage and omnivorous erotic tastes, Answered Prayers careens from a louche bar in Tangiers to a banquette at La Côte Basque, from literary salons to high-priced whorehouses. It takes in calculating beauties and sadistic husbands along with such real-life supporting characters as Colette, the Duchess of Windsor, Montgomery Clift, and Tallulah Bankhead.

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Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Language
English
Pages
181

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Answered prayers: the unfinished novel
1986, Hamish Hamilton
in English
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Answered prayers: the unfinished novel
1986, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3505.A59 A83 1986b, PS3505.A59

The Physical Object

Pagination
181 p. ;
Number of pages
181

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2438410M
Internet Archive
answeredprayersu0000capo_k1p7
ISBN 10
0241119626
LCCN
87131360
OCLC/WorldCat
15858631
Library Thing
845041
Goodreads
1041181

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