Truman Capote
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MATTHEW RHODES (resident) If you come into Monroeville from the south side, after those miles of cotton fields on either side of the road, first you pass the Vanity Fair lot, the biggest employer in town.
MATTHEW RHODES (resident) If you come into Monroeville from the south side, after those miles of cotton fields on either side of the road, first you pass the Vanity Fair lot, the biggest employer in town.
About this book
Using oral biography, a technique that perfectly matches the style of his subject, George Plimpton blends the voices of Capote's lovers, haters, acquaintances, and colleagues into a highly readable narrative. Here we are present for the entire span of Capote's life: his Southern childhood and his early days in New York; his first literary success with the publication of Other Voices, Other Rooms; his highly active love life; the groundbreaking excitement of In Cold Blood, the first "nonfiction novel"; his years as a jet-setter; and his final days of flagging inspiration, alcoholism, and isolation. All his famous friends and enemies are here: Katherine Graham, Lauren Bacall, Gore Vidal, Joan Didion, William Styron, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Lee Radziwill, John Huston, John Knowles, William F. Buckley, Jr., and dozens of others.
Themes & subjects
American AuthorsAuthors, AmericanBiographyFriends and associatesBiographiesBiographie
First published 1997Characters & people
Setting
20th century
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