Capote
A Biography
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Narrated by:
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Paul Boehmer
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By:
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Gerald Clarke
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The national best-selling biography and the basis for the film Capote starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in an Academy Award-winning turn.
One of the strongest fiction writers of his generation, Truman Capote became a literary star while still in his teens. His most phenomenal successes include Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood, and Other Voices, Other Rooms. Even while his literary achievements were setting the standards that other fiction and nonfiction writers would follow for generations, Capote descended into a spiral of self-destruction and despair.
First published in 1988 - just four years after Capote's death - Clarke paints a vivid behind-the-scenes picture of the author's life, based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with the man himself and the people close to him. From the glittering heights of notoriety and parties with the rich and famous to his later struggles with addiction, Capote emerges as a richly multidimensional person - both brilliant and flawed.
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- Robyn
- 03-11-2024
Quite a ride!
Capote was an intriguing and complex character worthy of this long biography. Gerald Clarke, through friendship with Capote and many hours of interviews and other research, has given us a detailed portrait of Capote's life from his sad childhood and sudden early rise to fame to his tragic and almost inevitable decline. Following outstanding success in his early 20s Truman was feted, celebrated and entertained by anyone who was anyone so a large cast of the rich and famous make their appearances throughout. This book is not just for those familiar with Capote's work - it's a story of great talent, the publishing world, 'high society', human foibles and failings, and the eternal search for meaning beyond the superficial. Paul Boehmer is a superb narrator and his obvious facility with French and Italian is the icing on the cake.
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