{"product_id":"summer-crossing-truman-capote-9780812975932","title":"Summer Crossing","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Witness the coming together of Truman Capote's voice, the electric-into-neon blaze that is surely one of the premier styles of postwar American literature.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A great breezy read . . . with Capote's trademark wit, but also with genuine youthful awe at the exhilaration of late-forties New York.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capote's \u003ci\u003eSummer Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair she's been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Truman Capote\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812975936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812975932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.26w x 0.47d","brand":"Truman Capote","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045679132927,"sku":"9780812975932","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49e32580-1302-4542-9dda-bd3126bb36ec.jpg?v=1684980107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/summer-crossing-truman-capote-9780812975932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}