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Title:
Deliberate cruelty : Truman Capote, the millionaire's wife, and the murder of the century
Author:
Montillo, Roseanne.
ISBN:
9781982153731
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Atria Books, 2022.
Physical Description:
307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Personal Subject:
Woodward, Ann, -1975.

Capote, Truman, 1924-1984.
Subject Term:
Murder -- New York (State) -- New York.

Socialites -- New York (State) -- New York.

Authors, American -- 20th century.

Scandals.
Genre:
True crime stories.
Summary:
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.
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