Summary of Laurence Leamer's Capote's Women

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Truman Capote was writing a novel about the richest, most elegant women in the world. He understood what these women had achieved and how they had done it. They did not come from grand money, but they had married into it. Their charms were carefully cultivated.

#2 Truman chose his swans as if collecting precious paintings that he wanted to hang in his home for the rest of his life. The most beautiful woman in the world was Babe Paley, called the most beautiful woman in the world.

#3 Truman had a close friendship with Marella Agnelli, an Italian princess. He admired her style and elegance, and she appreciated his. He had everything he needed to write about them with depth and nuance, exploring both the good and the bad.

#4 Truman’s authorized biographer, Gerald Clarke, saw the excerpt of La Côte Basque 1965 and was underwhelmed. It was little more than a string of gossipy vignettes, repeating the kinds of ugly stories that were whispered at elite dinner parties.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669354581

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Insights on Laurence Leamer's Capotes Women

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Truman Capote was writing a novel about the richest, most elegant women in the world. He understood what these women had achieved and how they had done it. They did not come from grand money, but they had married into it. Their charms were carefully cultivated.

#2

Truman chose his swans as if collecting precious paintings that he wanted to hang in his home for the rest of his life. The most beautiful woman in the world was Babe Paley, called the most beautiful woman in the world.

#3

Truman had a close friendship with Marella Agnelli, an Italian princess. He admired her style and elegance, and she appreciated his. He had everything he needed to write about them with depth and nuance, exploring both the good and the bad.

#4

Truman’s authorized biographer, Gerald Clarke, saw the excerpt of La Côte Basque 1965 and was underwhelmed. It was little more than a string of gossipy vignettes, repeating the kinds of ugly stories that were whispered at elite dinner parties.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

When Bill Paley invited Truman Capote to fly down to Jamaica with him in 1955, he did not realize that the author was referring to the former president. Truman was a wonderful but bad little boy. He created unforgettable dramas each evening, and he and Bill’s wife, Babe, became close friends.

#2

Truman was extremely attracted to Babe, and he felt comfortable around her husband, Bill, because he knew that the two were in love with each other. Truman admired the Paleys’ marriage immensely.

#3

Money did not buy happiness, and Babe taught Truman this. She introduced him to the works of Proust, Henry James, and Gustave Flaubert, and the elite