LCC
PS3505.A59Z67 1986
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Available
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Publication
New York : New American Library, 1986.
Description
Extraordinary conversations with the writer and celebrity who elevated talk to art and gossip to literature
User reviews
LibraryThing member jennyo
Pulled this one out of the TBR stack after watching Capote on DVD. I don't know why I'm fascinated by Capote. He could be such a mean, bitchy little gossip, but I can't help myself. I still think he was brilliant. This book has a great introduction written by James Michener where he thanks Capote
So, the conversations in this book were about growing up, being famous, writing both In Cold Blood and Answered Prayers, celebrities, other writers, homosexuality, and drug/alcohol abuse. Interesting stuff, even if there are a few rather sharp barbs interspersed throughout.
I'll probably read Gerald Clarke's biography of Capote soon.
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for being so flamboyant and outrageous. He said people needed to be reminded that artists weren't like other people, and since most writers are, like Michener, plodding, boring people, Capote was sort of taking up their slack.So, the conversations in this book were about growing up, being famous, writing both In Cold Blood and Answered Prayers, celebrities, other writers, homosexuality, and drug/alcohol abuse. Interesting stuff, even if there are a few rather sharp barbs interspersed throughout.
I'll probably read Gerald Clarke's biography of Capote soon.
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LibraryThing member dbsovereign
Always fascinated by Capote - ever since I first saw him on the Dick Cavett Show telling that story about the dog jumping off of the balcony from several stories up. He's talking.
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Physical description
244 p.; 21 inches
ISBN
0452258022 / 9780452258020