| Edition |
Random House Trade pbk. ed. |
| Description |
162 p. : ill., facsims. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents |
Havanas in Camelot -- A case of the great pox -- "I'll have to ask Indianapolis..." -- Les amis du President -- Celebrating Capote -- Jimmy in the house -- Transcontinental with Tex -- A literary forefather -- Slavery's pain, Disney's gain -- Too late for conversion or prayer -- Moviegoer -- Fessing up -- Walking with Aquinnah -- "In vineyard haven." |
| Summary |
Havanas in Camelot brings together fourteen of Styron's personal essays, including a reminiscence of his brief friendship with John F. Kennedy; a recollection of the power and ceremony on display at the inauguration of Francois Mitterrand; memoirs of Truman Capote, James Baldwin, and Terry Southern; a meditation on Mark Twain; an account of Styron's daily walks with his dog; and an evocation of his summer home on Martha's Vineyard. Styron's essays touch on the great themes of his fiction--racial oppression, slavery, and the Holocaust--but for the most part they address other subjects: bowdlerizations of history, literary lists, childhood moviegoing, the censoring of his own work, and the pursuit of celebrity fetish objects.--From amazon.com. |
| Subject |
Styron, William, 1925-2006.
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| ISBN |
9780812978759 |
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0812978757 |
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