Truman Capote story discovered in notebook published by Strand magazine

Editor Andrew F Gulli found Italian-set work written in pencil by American writer among papers in Library of Congress

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.