# Music for Chameleons

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- Authors: [Truman Capote](https://www.bookquiver.com/truman-capote)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2001-01-25

## Description

At the centre of Music for Chameleons is Handcarved Coffins, a ‘nonfiction novel’ based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Taking place in a small Midwestern town in America, it offers chilling insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. Also in this volume are six short stories and seven ‘conversational portraits’ including a touching one of Marilyn Monroe, the ‘beautiful child’ and a hilarious one of a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York.

## Editions

### Music for Chameleons

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-461-6
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2001-01-25
- Language: en_GB

### Music for Chameleons

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-566-2
- Pages: 272
- Published: 1994-03-29
- Language: en_US