Other Voices Other Rooms Author:Truman Capote "Other Voices, Other Rooms is an extraordinary novel of the modern South -- the story of a sensitive boy who bridges the fears and loneliness of adolescence under the opposing influences of two people: His uncle -- a cynical, too worldly-wise man...And his friend -- a sassy, naive tomboy. "Other Voices, Other Rooms...not only a work of unusual... more » beauty, but a work of unusual intelligence...One of the most accomoplished of American novelists."« less
Striking mood and ery descriptive. The novel feels like a dream and indeed I could not read it before bed since my dreams were filled with images of an American South I have never experienced. Powerful if puzzling.