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Conversations With Capote
Who but Truman Capote would dare to say that about (among many, many others) Jacqueline Onassis, Norman Mailer, Montgomery Clift, Andr Gide, Marilyn Monroe, Lee Radziwill, Tennessee Williams, J. D. Salinger, Gore Vidal, and Elizabeth Taylor? Equally pointed is Capote's talk about himself-his childhood and early fame, his bouts with drugs and alcohol, his homosexuality, his...more
Paperback, 262 pages
Published
July 6th 2000
by Da Capo Press
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Grobel is a great interviewer, and his extended interview here (I seem to recall that it was actually a series of interviews) shows his abilities in full flower. Capote comes off as flawed, to say the least, but he's in rare form throughout and it makes for riveting reading. I'd say this book is a must for Capote's fans.
Truman Capote gave free rein to his gossipy id in these conversations with Lawrence Grobel. Thus we learn that Greta Garbo hung two of her four Picassos upside down (allegedly), Adlai Stevenson was a very good friend (they lived together in London, allegedly), he loathed Jacqueline Onassis, and felt nothing but scorn for the work of Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Gore Vidal, Jack Kerouac, and Bernard Malamud, just to mention a few. Joyce Carol Oates (what she did to deserve it, I have no idea) come...more
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Grobel is a great admirer of Capote, and has assembled a series of interviews with him, under fairly adverse conditions, which reward his effort.
I highly recommend this book. One of the more memorable observations by Grobel is that, one on one, in person, Capote has a rather deep and, dare I say, masculine, voice. Such are his observations on this great writer.
I highly recommend this book. One of the more memorable observations by Grobel is that, one on one, in person, Capote has a rather deep and, dare I say, masculine, voice. Such are his observations on this great writer.
This book was a hoot and a half, literary gossip at its best. Grobel had repeated interviews with Capote over the last two years of his life and the book is set up in Q & A format, which works wonderfully; it feels like the best kind of eavesdropping. I'm a fan of Capote's writing and fascinated by him as a person and this book paints him as a grade A hateful, crazy bey-otch!! Perfect summer reading for a fan of dishy literary biographies...
This was a great read - full of surprises. In his interviews with Grobel, Capote shared much about his life. Through his comments, laced with humor and sadness, on his contemporaries and their work, and his insights into the art of writing, his sharp wit and character are revealed. I was captivated by it.
This was my first introduction to Capote. His other material is on my to read list. It gave a glimpse of what it would have been like to be a famous author in the 40's through the 80's and who's who in that period. He seems like an interesting but ridiculous person.
Puesto que me fascinan las entrevistas, éstas me parecieron fantásticas, tanto por quien hacÃa las preguntas como por el personaje que las respondÃa.
Good read.I read this quite awhile ago but will definetly read it again.
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Interviews with the tiny genius. Highly entertaining, filled with gossip and revenge. Look up "outrageous" in the dictionary and perhaps this book will pop into view...
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This is a fascinating book. It just sucked me right through.
Capote's sharp tongue made for an entertaining summer read.
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