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Deliberate cruelty : Truman Capote, the millionaire's wife, and the murder of the century
Describes how author Truman Capote became obsessed with the true crime story of a Manhattan socialite who shot her banking heir husband in 1955, and discusses how publication of his book led to her suicide and his own scandalous downfall.
In 1955, Anne Woodward, a former showgirl turned society wife, accidentally shot and killed her husband Billy when she mistook him for a midnight prowler. But was it accidental? The case never went to trial, and Billy's family banished Ann to Europe without her children. Truman Capote became obsessed with Anne, and when an excerpt of his book Answered prayers was released, Ann's story was at its vicious center. She killed herself when it was published. Montillo has created an insightful and cautionary look into the true price of wealth and fame. -- Adapted from jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982153731 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1982153733 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305). |
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| Genre: | True crime stories. True crime stories. Biographies. True crime stories. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at State Library of Alabama.
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