title: The Grass Harp and The Tree of Night: And Other Stories
author:  Truman Capote 
description: Originally published from 1945 through 1951 by Random House. Signet book #S1333. A combination of his two earlier short story collections.
zlib_text: TRUMAN	CAPOTE
  In	Cold	Blood
  	
  Truman	Capote	was	a	native	of	New	Orleans,	where	he	was	born	on
  September	30,	1924.	His	first	novel,	Other	Voices,	Other	Rooms,	was	an
  international	 literary	 success	 when	 first	 published	 in	 1948,	 and
  accorded	 the	 author	 a	 prominent	 place	 among	 the	 writers	 of
  America’s	postwar	generation.	He	sustained	this	position	subsequently
  with	 short-story	 collections	 (A	 Tree	 of	 Night,	 among	 others),	 novels
  and	novellas	(The	Grass	Harp	and	Breakfast	at	Tiffany’s),	some	of	the
  best	 travel	 writing	 of	 our	 time	 (Local	Color),	 profiles	 and	 reportage
  that	appeared	originally	in	The	New	Yorker	(The	Duke	in	His	Domain
  and	The	Muses	Are	Heard)	a	true	crime	masterpiece	(In	Cold	Blood),
  several	short	memoirs	about	his	childhood	in	the	South	(A	Christmas
  Memory,	The	Thanksgiving	Visitor,	and	One	Christmas),	two	plays	(The
  Grass	Harp	and	House	of	Flowers),	and	two	films	(Beat	the	Devil	and	The
  Innocents).
  Mr.	Capote	twice	won	the	O.	Henry	Memorial