Lawrence Grobel
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Who but Truman Capote would dare to say <i>that</i> about (among many, many others) Jacqueline Onassis, Norman Mailer, Montgomery Clift, André Gide, M
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arilyn Monroe, Lee Radziwill, Tennessee Williams, J. D. Salinger, Gore Vidal, and Elizabeth Taylor? Equally pointed is Capote's talk about himself-his childhood and early fame, his bouts with drugs and alcohol, his homosexuality, his assessment of his talent and his work, including <i>In Cold Blood</i>. He has definite opinions about good writing, and he isn't shy about saying who he thinks the biggest phonies are among his fellow writers. <i>Conversations with Capote</i>-which Capote intended to be the definitive in-depth interview-makes both the man and his times come alive and has what the <i>San Diego Union</i> called the "quality that will bring readers to it again and again."
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