<p>Including a previously-unpublished story 'The Bargain', Truman Capote's <i>The Complete Stories</i> is the first ever complete collection stories from one of the masters of American literature, and the author of <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's</i>. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Reynolds Price.</p> <p>Passionate, perceptive and eloquent, the short stories of Truman Capote are amon the greatest works of twentieth-century American fiction. This new collection gathers them all together for the first time: from early, eerie Southern Gothic tales such as 'Miriam' and 'The Headless Hawk', to the brilliantly evocative 'Children On Their Birth-days' and the tenderly autobiographical 'A Christmas Memory' - an affectionate portrayal of Capote's own Alabama upbringing. Whether describing the Deep South of his childhood, or considering city life with the penetrating gaze of an outsider - as in 'Among the Paths to Eden' and the hitherto unpublished 'The Bargain' - these stories rank among Capote's finest work: acutely observed tales from a unique and brilliant mind.</p> <p>Truman Capote (1924-84) was born in New Orleans. He left school when he was fifteen and subsequently worked for <i>The New Yorker</i>, which provided his first - and last - regular job. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction - short stories, novels and novellas, travel writing, profiles, reportage, memoirs, plays and films; his other works include <i>In Cold Blood</i> (1965), <i>Music for Chameleons</i> (1980) and <i>Answered Prayers</i> (1986), all of which are published in Penguin Modern Classics.</p> <p>If you enjoyed <i>The Complete Stories</i>, you might like Capote's <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's</i>, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.</p> <p>'One of the century's greatest storytellers'<br> <i>Independent on Sunday</i></p>