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Book at Bedtime: Truman Capote Short Stories

Kerry Shale

Jane Marshall

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Book at Bedtime: Truman Capote Short Stories: Episode 1: A Christmas Memory - Part 1/2

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Episode 1: A Christmas Memory - Part 1/2

A Christmas Memory - Part 1/2

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, Truman Capote Short Stories, A Christmas Memory - Part 1/2

Seven-year-old Buddy and best friend the elderly Miss Sook prepare for the festive season.

4 Extra Debut. Seven-year-old Buddy and his best friend, the elderly Miss Sook, prepare for the holidays. Read by Kerry Shale. From December 2013.

'Imagine a morning in late November. A coming of winter morning ...'

Truman Capote considered 'A Christmas Memory' one of his best works of fiction. Kerry Shale reads the first of two parts as seven-year old Buddy and his best friend, the elderly Miss Sook, prepare for the festive season. 

'"Oh my" she exclaims, "It's fruitcake weather. Buddy, stop stuffing biscuit and fetch our buggy. We've thirty cakes to bake."'

Read by Kerry Shale

Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall.
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.

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