Music for Chameleons

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book short story collection

Music for Chameleons is a 1980 collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces by Truman Capote that blends reportage, memoir, and storytelling in his later, more experimental style.

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Music for Chameleons (title story) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Truman Capote ⓘ
authorPeriod late career of Truman Capote ⓘ
authorStyle experimental ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Random House design department ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
followedBy One Christmas ⓘ
genre literary journalism ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasAutobiographicalElements yes ⓘ
hasFictionComponent yes ⓘ
hasNonfictionComponent yes ⓘ
hasPart A Beautiful Child ⓘ
A Lamp in a Window ⓘ
Among the Paths to Eden ⓘ
Dazzle ⓘ
Handcarved Coffins ⓘ
Hidden Gardens ⓘ
Mojave ⓘ
Music for Chameleons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Music for Chameleons (title story)

Nocturnal Turnings or How Siamese Twins Have Sex ⓘ
isPartOf Truman Capote ⓘ
surface form: Truman Capote bibliography
language English ⓘ
literaryForm collection of short pieces ⓘ
literaryMovement New Journalism ⓘ
mainTheme American society ⓘ
celebrity ⓘ
crime ⓘ
death ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor blending fiction and nonfiction ⓘ
hybrid narrative form ⓘ
mixing reportage and storytelling ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
precededBy Answered Prayers ⓘ
publicationDate 1980 ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
subject Capote’s personal encounters ⓘ
psychological portraits of individuals ⓘ
real-life crimes ⓘ
timeSetting 20th century ⓘ

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Truman Streckfus Persons → notableWork → Music for Chameleons ⓘ
Truman Capote → wrote → Music for Chameleons ⓘ
Truman Streckfus Persons → wrote → Music for Chameleons ⓘ