Prior to the book's publication, Capote was well-known in literary and theatrical circles, but In Cold Blood introduced him to a mass audience worldwide when it became an international best seller. Rather than taking notes during interviews with those involved in the investigation, Capote and Lee would commit everything to memory and write it down after the interview was over. Fascinated by the brief story, Capote traveled to Holcomb, scene of the Clutter family massacre, with Lee, and over the course of the next few years he became acquainted with everyone involved in the investigation and most of the residents of the small town. The book was inspired by a November 1959 300-word article in the back of the New York Times describing the unexplained murder of a family of four in rural Kansas. Lee lent Capote considerable assistance during his research for In Cold Blood. At least one person - Pearl Kazin Bell, an editor at Harper's - has gone on record as believing his assertions were true. Capote frequently implied that he himself had written a considerable portion of her novel, but some say he ghosted the entire novel. In 1933, he moved to New York City to live with his mother and her second husband, Joseph, who adopted him and renamed him Truman Garcia Capote in 1935.Ĭapote was a lifelong friend and rumored lover of Monroeville neighbor Harper Lee, and was allegedly the inspiration for the character of Dill in her best-seller To Kill A Mockingbird. He was born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans, Louisiana and was sent to Monroeville, Alabama to be raised by his mother's relatives. He wrote a childhood memoir called A Christmas Memory that he adapted for television and narrated. He is best known for his "nonfiction novel" (a phrase he himself coined to describe journalism with a literary voice) In Cold Blood and the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's, both of which were adapted into movies. Truman Capote ( Septem– August 25, 1984) was an American writer. The photo created a sensation when it appeared on the book jacket of Capote's first published work, Other Voices, Other Rooms
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