Summer Crossing: A Novel (Modern Library Paperbacks)… by Truman Capote

There is a good reason this wasn't published during Capote's lifetime. It is more a sketch of a novel than even a novella. There are inexplicable plot jumps that a more mature writer would have fleshed out. But you can see the talent that was there at an early age. My reading was often pulled up short, arrested by a surprising image. It's a short book, worth reading to see the early effort of a very good writer.