The Difficult Ghost
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- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2026
Summary
Capote’s Ghost: A Haunting on the Costa Brava
In 1960, Truman Capote sought refuge in the tranquil Spanish town of Palamós, hoping to escape the clamor of New York and complete his chilling tale of murder. What began as a brief respite transformed into three years of agonizing self-exile, as he wrestled with his haunting subject matter, meticulously crafting a literary masterpiece, and awaiting the grim event that would bring his story to its conclusion: the execution of the condemn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805333005 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1805333003 |
| Author: | Leila Guerriero, Megan McDowell |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Press |
| Imprint: | Pushkin Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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‘A real gem of a book, offering a brief but valuable contemplation of the curious afterlife of great literature’ - The Times‘Driven by essential questions about truth, writing and literary non-fiction, that genre of which In Cold Blood remains the absolute model and of which Guerriero is today one of the greatest exponents’ - Le Monde
About The Author
Leila Guerriero
Leila Guerriero is one of Latin America’s most acclaimed journalists. Born in Junin in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, she began her career at the magazine Página/30. Since then, her work has appeared in many international publications, including Rolling Stone, El País, La Nación and L’Internazionale. Her books include A Simple Story, and the prize-winning, bestselling La llamada, which is forthcoming from Pushkin in 2026. Guerriero lives in Buenos Aires.
Megan McDowell is a Spanish-language literary translator from Kentucky. Her work includes books by Alejandro Zambra, Samanta Schweblin, Lina Meruane, Mariana Enríquez, Álvaro Bisama, Arturo Fontaine, and Juan Emar.
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