Capote, Truman (Vol. 1) - Capote, Truman 1924–1984
Capote, Truman 1924–1984
American stylist working in many genres, Capote is the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and the "nonfiction novel," In Cold Blood. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.)
The mention of [Truman Capote's] name conjures up images of a wispish, effete soul languishing on an ornate couch, emitting an ether of preciousness and very little else. The reaction to the amazing success of his early books, Other Voices, Other Rooms and A Tree of Night, has relegated Capote to the position of a clever, cute, coy, commercial, and definitely minor figure in contemporary literature, whose reputation has been built less on a facility of style than on an excellent advertising campaign. Even an earnest supporter would have to admit that Capote's stories tiptoe the tenuous line between the precious and the serious. Yet the attacks on Capote seem more personal than literary….
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