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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Unknown Truman Capote story that was penciled in notebook published for first time

Truman Capote sitting on a wicker chair
Truman Capote in Portofino, Italy, in 1953. The newly discovered story is also set in Italy. Photograph: Mondadori Portfolio/Mondadori/Getty Images

A previously unknown short story by Truman Capote, discovered written in pencil in a notebook then carefully deciphered and transcribed, will be published on Friday.

“Capote is, I would say, probably one of the top five short story writers of the 20th century,” said Andrew F Gulli, editor of the Strand Magazine, who discovered the story and has found other lost works by acknowledged masters.

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