First published 2016
Truman Capote moves through the glittering world of 1950s New York high society, collecting secrets from the wealthy women who embrace him as their pet genius. Babe Paley, wife of CBS founder William Paley and a fixture in the International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame, becomes his closest confidante among these social queens. She shares her private pain while he charms her circle with wit and gossip. But Capote cannot resist the ultimate betrayal. He transforms their intimate conversations into scandalous fiction, exposing the hidden lives of the very women who trusted him. Babe watches in horror as her secrets spill across magazine pages for all of New York to read. The friendship that once seemed unbreakable crumbles under the weight of public humiliation. This is a story about the price of ambition and the devastation that follows when loyalty collides with literary fame.
Genres: american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, biographical-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: betrayal, friendship, secrets
Setting: New York
Period: 1950s
368 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press