{"product_id":"capotes-women-a-true-story-of-love-betrayal-and-a-swan-song-for-an-era","title":"Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"There are certain women,\" Truman Capote wrote, \"who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e rich.\" Barbara \"Babe\" Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy's sister)—they were the toast of midcentury New York. Capote befriended them, received their deepest confidences, and ingratiated himself into their lives. Then, in one fell swoop, he betrayed them in the most surprising and shocking way possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBestselling biographer Laurence Leamer delves into the years following the acclaimed publication of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1958 and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1966, when Capote struggled with a crippling case of writer's block. While enjoying all the fruits of his success, he was struck with an idea for what he was sure would be his most celebrated novel...one based on the remarkable, racy lives of his very, very rich friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years, Capote attempted to write what he believed would have been his magnum opus, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAnswered Prayers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But when he eventually published a few chapters in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the thinly fictionalized lives (and scandals) of his swans were laid bare for all to see, and he was banished from their high-society world forever. Laurence Leamer recreates the lives of these fascinating women, their friendships with Capote and one another, and the doomed quest to write what could have been one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50185065201982,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/3364\/4094\/files\/81E0bKtOGqL._SL1500.jpg?v=1721871517","url":"https:\/\/100tsabshop.com\/products\/capotes-women-a-true-story-of-love-betrayal-and-a-swan-song-for-an-era","provider":"Taylor Street Art and Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}