Truman Capote, The Dogs Bark
Capote, Truman. The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places. Second Printing. 1973. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition—jacket shows creasing to the front flap, mild discoloration due to age, and edgewear.
In his preface to this miscellany of essays, travel writing, and personal profiles, Truman Capote addresses the negative pushback and criticism he has sometimes received, citing an Arab proverb: “The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.” Unfortunately for Capote, that proved overly optimistic. Just two years after this book’s publication, ‘La Côte Basque, 1965’ was released and Capote learned that dogs do more than bark; they also bite (and so do Swans). Of course, authors can bite as well, and in the preface, Capote comments on the reception these pieces received when first published and his reaction it.
“Of all my sitters, the one most distressed was the subject of ‘The Duke and His Domain,’ Marlon Brando…. My opinion? Just that it is a pretty good account, and a sympathetic one, of a wounded young man who is a genius, but not markedly intelligent.”
--Truman Capote