Description
Drawing on firsthand recollections from friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, and acquaintances, this compelling oral biography traces the turbulent life and career of one of America’s most celebrated writers. Through a chorus of often-conflicting voices, it explores his dazzling literary achievements, flamboyant social world, professional ambition, and increasingly troubled struggles with alcoholism, drugs, and isolation. The result is an intimate, multifaceted portrait of a brilliant and controversial figure whose charm and cruelty, vulnerability and manipulation were inseparable from his public legend. Candid, atmospheric, and richly observed, the book offers both a revealing account of its subject and a vivid panorama of the literary and social circles he inhabited.
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paperback
Anchor
Published Nov 10, 1998
544 pages
ISBN: 9780385491730
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Details
First Published
1997
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Truman Capote by George Plimpton.