Henry Carter Hull

Bibliography: p. 137-142. A critical study of Capote's major works.

A biography of the American author including his childhood, emergence as a young writer, introduction to the jet set, travels, years of struggle, and descent into a life of alcohol and quarrelsome lovers.

"Does an admirable job of examining Capote as a writer whose work reflects America of the late 1940s and 1950s more deeply than previously thought." -- Ralph F. Voss, author of Truman Capote and the Legacy of "In Cold Blood" Truman Capote -- and his most famous works, In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's -- continue to have a powerful hold over the American popular imagination, along with his glamorous lifestyle, which included hobnobbing with...

In their small town of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1930, misfits Tru and Nelle strike up a friendship and find a mystery to solve when someone breaks into the drugstore and steals some candy and a fancy brooch.

In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood." He arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners,...