Conversations with Capote - Softcover

Grobel, Lawrence

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Synopsis

Recorded between July 16, 1982, and August 25, 1984, when Truman Capote died, these unexpurgated interviews cover a wide range of territory, including Capote's views on his life, his personal demons, his homosexuality, his bout with drugs and alcohol, and his rich and famous friends.

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About the Author

Lawrence Grobel (www.lawrencegrobel.com ) is a novelist, journalist, biographer, poet & teacher. Five of his 22 books were listed in Publisher’s Weekly’s “Best Books of the Year.” He is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship for his fiction and a PEN Special Achievement Award for Conversations with Capote. Writer’s Digest called him “A legend among journalists.” Joyce Carol Oates called him the "Mozart of interviewers." His The Art of the Interview is often used as a textbook for journalism classes. He served in the Peace Corps, directed a graduate writing program for Antioch, and taught at UCLA. He has appeared on CNN, The Today Show, GMA, The Charlie Rose Show and in two documentaries, Salinger & Al Pacino’s Wilde Salome.

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