Truman Capote Conversations
Inge, Thomas (ed.) Truman Capote Conversations. First Edition. 1987. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition.
This compendium of several dozen interviews follows Truman Capote in real-time for thirty-two years, from his hope-filled early years to the desperate final ones, when he could no longer keep his demons at bay. In one of the later interviews, Capote confesses to have become “famous for being famous” but insists that he didn’t let it destroy him. This book remains neutral, permitting the reader to decide by how Capote’s own thoughts and ideas changed over time. In some instances, the Capote of one year entirely rebuts the Capote of an earlier one. In a sense, it’s a Hockney photocollage or an unedited precursor of Ma’am Darling: Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret. If you want to appreciate the tangled complexities of Truman Capote, read this book.
“I was born to write [Answered Prayers]. It is the only true thing I know about a certain level of America society. Nobody else could have written it—not one of them would have had the pure guts. I lived through it, backwards and forwards. This book means a lot to me. It means everything!’”
--Truman Capote