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Other Voices, Other Rooms

by Truman Capote
Cody Roberts
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Truman Capote's first novel is a story of almost supernatural intensity and inventiveness, an audacious foray into the mind of a sensitive boy as he seeks out the grown-up enigmas of love and death in the ghostly landscape of the deep South.
At the age of twelve, Joel Knox is summoned to meet the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at the decaying mansion in Skully's Landing, his father is nowhere in sight. What he finds instead is a sullen stepmother who delights in killing birds; an uncle with the face—and heart—of a debauched child; and a fearsome little girl named Idabel who may offer him the closest thing he has ever known to love.

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    July 31, 2018

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      • ISBN: 9781977396631
      • File size: 186886 KB
      • Duration: 06:29:20

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Provocative and disturbing, Truman Capote's first published novel is a meditation on how fate can debase youthful expectations. Joel Knox seeks his long-absent father and his own future, but nothing turns out as planned. Joel's desolate, ugly world is brilliantly presented through Whitman's throaty voice. His vocal characterizations present various ages, social backgrounds and sexual identities. Even during narrative sections Whitman evokes the personalities of the characters. This adds cogency to the vivid descriptions. With masterful insight Peter Whitman captures Capote's murky intensity and his great talent. D.J. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      This is the novel that announced Truman Capote as a literary force. And he could not have asked for a better narrator than Cody Roberts to give voice to this Southern gothic not-quite-but-almost- autobiographical story. Roberts beautifully captures the voices, accents, and nuances of a wide range of characters who include a wayward 13-year-old boy who is sent to live with his invalid father after the death of his mother, a tomboy (a character based on the author's childhood friendship with Harper Lee) and the wonderfully named Jesus Fever. If you're a fan of IN COLD BLOOD or BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, take a listen. You won't be disappointed. J.P.S. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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