Capote's Women

By Laurence Leamer,

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Readers LOVE Capote's Women:

'A genuinely fascinating account of a great writer and his muses.'
'Loved it! Fabulous book about a extremely complicated and complex character.'
'You won't want to put this down.'

'There are certain women,' Truman Capote wrote, 'who, though perhaps not born…

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1 author picked Capote's Women as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is the book behind the popular FX Series Feud: Vs. The Swans. It is a well-reported history of Truman Capote’s friendships with several famous socialites, like Babe Paley and CZ Guest, and how they came to despise the author after he published a thinly veiled accounting of their lives. In my opinion, the book is much better than the television series and gives a much more accurate account of what happened.

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