SUMMER CROSSING

This manuscript, hand-written when Capote was just 19, surfaced at auction in 2004. As one would expect, it provides insight into the young writer just beginning his career. A fine package and disc photography beautifully establish the story's late 1940s' ambience, and Cassandra Campbell's reading intensifies the listening experience. An upper-class young woman is on her own in her family's Fifth Avenue penthouse while her parents and sister summer abroad. Bored and lonely, she develops a turbulent relationship with a Brooklyn WWII veteran clearly outside her social circle and religion. Although the story is repetitious and has a somewhat confused plot, Capote's promising writing and Campbell's sensitive narration make this a valuable listening experience. L.C. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/ JUL 06]