Answered Prayers

Truman Capote
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P.B. Jones is the amoral, bisexual protagonist of this unfinished novel. He discovers that bed-hopping rather than literary ability is the way to get published. He discovers along the way that prayers that are answered cause more pain than those that remain ignored.
Genres: FictionClassicsLiteratureShort StoriesAmerican20th CenturyNew YorkNovelsThe United States Of AmericaLiterary Fiction
180 Pages

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