* "Charming and elegantly written." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Long before they became famous writers, Truman Capote (In Cold Blood)
and Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) were childhood friends in
Monroeville, Alabama. This fictionalized account of their time together
opens at the beginning of the Great Depression, when they're both still
young. They love playing pirates, but they like playing Sherlock and
Watson-style detectives even more. It's their pursuit of a case of
drugstore theft that lands the daring duo in real trouble. Humor and
heartache intermingle in this lively look at two budding writers in the
1930s South.