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page 453 “‘For better or worse…’”: Joseph Petrocik to GC, April 13, 1981.
page 453 “After spending a weekend in May with them…”: Windham, Footnote to a Friendship, page 101.<
page 453 “‘Please be nice to Johnny…’”: Alan Schwartz to GC, February 12, 1976.
page 454 “They stayed with the Wyatts…”: Lynn Wyatt to GC, October 7, 1986.
page 454 “‘I have a gun in my purse…’”: Carol Marcus Matthau to GC, August 28, 1984.
page 455 “‘Oh, Johnny, stop that’…”: John Knowles to GC, October 13, 1976.
page 455 “‘He didn’t try to hide…’”: Arch Persons to GC, September 9, 1976.
page 455 “Truman ordered him to take…”: Don Erickson to GC, March 10, 1987.
page 456 “‘Can I come up there?’”: John Knowles to GC, October 13, 1976.
page 456 “‘Accordingly,’ Alan dutifully wrote John…”: Alan Schwartz to John O’Shea, April 12, 1975.
page 457 “‘If Mr. Capote’s emotional dysfunction is such…’”: John O’Shea to Alan Schwartz, April 15, 1975.
page 457 “Truman’s second call was to Peg O’Shea…”: Peg O’Shea to GC, December 10, 1986.
page 457 “‘He was the father of my children…’”: Ibid.
page 459 “‘What are you doing?’ he asked…”: Judith Green to GC, November 19, 1986.
page 460 “‘That’s impossible!’ bellowed Ava…”: Ibid.
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page 461 “Tennessee Williams, who was not…”: Tennessee Williams to GC, April 30, 1976.
page 461 “‘We stood back on our heels…’”: Gordon Lish to GC, December 5, 1986.
page 462 “‘La Côte Basque, 1965’”: Esquire, November, 1975, pages 110–18, 158.
page 466 “‘Truman told me that the point…’”: John O’Shea to GC, October 1, 1986.
page 467 “One day in July he took a friend…”: the friend was GC.
page 468 “What had bothered Ann most, a weary Elsie Woodward…”: Robert Ellsworth to GC, December 25, 1984.
page 468 “The reaction was most succinctly summed up by a cartoon…”: Edward Sorel, cover cartoon, New York, February 9, 1976.
page 468 “‘Who is that?’ Babe inquired…”: Lady (Nancy) Keith to GC, January 29, 1986.
page 469 “‘Never have you heard such gnashing of teeth…’”: Liz Smith, “Truman Capote in Hot Water,” New York, February 9, 1976, page 44.
page 469 “‘that dirty little toad…’”: Ibid., page 50.
page 469 “‘After all,’ explained her husband Wyatt…”: Wyatt Cooper to GC, January 6, 1976.
page 469 “‘It’s very hard to be a gentleman…’”: Morgan, Maugham, page 344.
page 469 “‘the chic of the week…’”: Charlotte Curtis to GC, April 12, 1976.
page 469 “Marella Agnelli, who more than once…”: “Marella Agnelli: Life Is to Be Involved,” Women’s Wear Daily, November 30, 1976, page 7.
page 470 “‘I hate the idea of Truman…’”: Cecil Beaton to Patrick O’Higgins, undated.
page 471 “‘He was the most surprised and shocked person…’”: Liz Smith to GC, March 6, 1985.
page 471 “Joanne Carson watched helplessly…”: Joanne Carson to GC, January 14, 1982.
page 471 “He telephoned Slim…”: Lady (Nancy) Keith to GC, January 29, 1986.
page 471 “‘I have other ways of torturing…’”: Interview with a friend of William Paley.
page 472 “He introduced her to his…”: Joseph Petrocik to GC, June 4, 1978.
page 472 “‘Babe always spoke of Truman…’”: John Richardson to GC, March 7, 1985.
page 472 “Harper Lee glimpsed that disappointment…”: Harper Lee to GC, March 2, 1986.
page 472 “‘If ever there was a woman…’”: Interview with a friend of Lady (Nancy) Keith.
page 473 “‘Oh, honey! It’s Proust!’”: Diana Vreeland to GC, March 1, 1976.
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page 474 “Simon had chosen him as the model…”: Neil Simon to GC, November, 1975.
page 474 “‘Gore Vidal must be dying…’”: Josh Greenfeld, “Truman Capote, the Movie Star?” New York Times, December 28, 1975.
page 475 “‘Making that film knocked…’”: John O’Shea to GC, October 1, 1986.
page 475 “‘The original intent may have…’”: Josh Greenfeld, op. cit.
page 475 “‘How am I as an actor?…’”: Liz Smith, “Truman Capote in Hot Water,” op. cit., page 56.
page 475 “…but Guinness’ critique…”: Alec Guinness to GC, February 28, 1986.
page 475 “‘To put Capote at a table…’”: Ernest Leogrande, “Moore Doing Nicely in ‘Out-of-Work’ Role,” New York Daily News, July 6, 1978, page 73.
page 476 “‘It’s pretty good,’ he reported…”: Joseph Petrocik to GC, June 4, 1978.
page 476 “When she picked him up…”: Joanne Carson to GC, September 16, 1986.
page 476 “‘I’ve always [concluded]…’”: John O’Shea to Alan Schwartz, February 29, 1976.
page 477 “‘Truman and I have talked this…’”: Ibid.
page 477 “‘John was always talking…’”: Joanne Carson to GC, January 14, 1987.
page 477 “‘It’s all very interesting being with you…’”: John O’Shea to GC, March 7, 1987.
page 477 “‘I want something dramatic…’”: Ibid.
page 478 “‘Truman didn’t want to…’”: Ibid.
page 478 “John Knowles saw him…”: John Knowles to GC, October 13, 1976.
page 479 “‘It was the only time he had ever been invited…’”: Richard Zoerink, “Truman Capote Talks About His Crowd,” Playgirl, September, 1975, page 54.
page 479 “He admitted, in fact, to a sharp…”: Deposition of Gore Vidal, September 16, 1976, pages 31–34.
page 480 “‘I’m looking forward to getting that little toad!…’”: Liz Smith’s column, New York Daily News, February 16, 1976, page 22.
page 480 “When had he last seen Truman?” Deposition of Gore Vidal, op. cit., page 164.
page 480 “For his part, Truman managed to mangle…”: Anthony Haden-Guest, “The Vidal–Capote Papers: A Tempest in Camelot,” New York, June 11, 1979, page 54.
page 480 “He also suggested that in bringing…”: Ibid., pages 60–61.
page 481 “In the middle of May, John…”: John O’Shea to GC, October 1, 1986.
page 481 “A week after his furtive departure, his car struck…”: “Capote Is Mum on Drunk Driving Charge,” New York Daily News, June 1, 1976, front page and page 3.
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page 483 “Capitalizing on his suddenly sinister reputation…”: Esquire, May, 1976, pages 55–68, 122–24, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134–35.
page 484 “‘Somewhere in the world…’”: Ibid., page 55.
page 485 “After rejecting Ann Woodward as his model, Truman chose Pamela Churchill, whose romances…”: For background I relied, in part, on the following: “Smart Set,” New York Journal-American, December 15, 1954, page 18; “Cholly Knickerbocker Observes,” New York Journal-American, August 30, 1949; Leslie Gordon, “Triumphs of a Churchill,” New York Sunday Mirror Magazine, May 13, 1956, page 2; Nancy Randolph, “Chit-Chat,” New York Daily News, July 29, 1959, page 8.
page 486 “…‘famous international siren,’ Cholly Knickerbocker had titled her…”: “Cholly Knickerbocker,” New York Journal-American, June 1, 1959.
page 486–487 “But his chief model for Kate McCloud was the aforementioned Mrs. Harrison Williams”: For background on Mona Williams I found the following articles particularly useful: “Harrison Williams, No. 1 Utilities Magnate, a Serene, Vibrant Figure,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 12, 1937; Morris Gilbert, “Bicycle Craze of 90’s Started Williams Toward Utility Coup,” New York World-Telegram, May 4, 1937; Bettye Lee Mastin, “Lexington’s ‘International Beauty’ Has Led Colorful, Checkered Life,” Lexington (Ky.) Herald, September 15, 1981; Alice
Delman, “Louisville’s Cinderella Countess,” The (Louisville) Courier-Journal Magazine, February 10, 1963; Helen Worden, “First Ladies of the ‘400,’” New York World-Telegram, January 11, 1938.
page 488 “…Esquire was still receiving forty requests a day…”: Arthur Bell, “Bell Tells,” The Village Voice, April 5, 1976.
page 488 “‘Gossip-mongers may be…’”: Nancy Collins, “The Capote Caper, Chapter II,” Women’s Wear Daily, April 5, 1976, page 4.
page 488 “Most of the talk centered on Kate McCloud…”: Ibid.; Liz Smith’s column, New York Daily News, October 20, 1976.
page 489 “In the resolutely radical Village Voice, James Wolcott…”: James Wolcott, “Truman Capote Sups on the Flesh of the Famous,” The Village Voice, September 6, 1976, page 65.
page 489 “…on the other side, columnist Max Lerner…”: Max Lerner, “Capote’s World,” New York Post, April 28, 1976.
page 489 “Most furious was Tennessee…”: Tennessee Williams to GC, April 30, 1976.
page 489 “Porter, who was now in her mid-eighties, was just as displeased…”: Katherine Anne Porter to GC, April 8, 1976.
page 490 “Rorem’s response showed…”: Ned Rorem to GC, September 8, 1978.
page 490 “Even in its imperfect state—to paraphrase Edmund Wilson’s…”: Fitzgerald, The Last Tycoon, introduction by Edmund Wilson, page 6.
page 492 “…he conducted what one scholar terms a ‘ruthless judicial inquiry…’”: Quennell, Marcel Proust, 1871–1922, A Centennial Volume, page 44.
page 492 “‘It was kinda fun…’”: TC to Cecil Beaton, March 20, 1965.
page 493 “…in which Strachey imagines the dying queen…”: Strachey, Queen Victoria, pages 297–98.
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page 495 “‘Truman, I’m in love…’”: John O’Shea to GC, March 7, 1987.
page 496 “Rick Brown, who was once again tending bar…”: Rick Brown to GC, May 10, 1987.
page 498 “Ten days before Christmas, 1976, he invited a friend…”: The friend was GC.
page 500 “‘No! It was not sixteen yrs ago…’”: Jack Dunphy to Paul Cadmus, March 13, 1977.
page 501 “In his Hollywood Reporter column, George Christy…”: George Christy, “The Great Life,” The Hollywood Reporter, April 26, 1977, page 10.
page 501 “Helping him out, Carol Matthau…”: Carol Marcus Matthau to GC, September 1, 1986.
page 502 “‘When Mr. O’Shea came to see me at the [Hotel] Bel-Air…’”: unpublished nineteen-page manuscript by TC, June 12, 1980.
page 504 “John’s own account of those dark days…”: John O’Shea to GC, October 1, 1986.
page 505 “As if that were not enough, John himself phoned…”: Joanne Carson to GC, June 10, 1987.
page 505 “Only after they had arrived…”: Peg O’Shea to GC, December 10, 1986.
page 505 “‘I am an alcoholic, a genuine alcoholic…’”: “Is Truman’s Song: ‘How Dry Am I?’” New York Daily News, November 14, 1977.
page 505 “‘I’m not going to let this…’”: Peg O’Shea to GC, December 10, 1986.
page 506 “The next morning’s headline…”: “Is Truman’s Song ‘How Dry Am I?’” op. cit.
page 506 “Rick, in any case, was unmoved”: Rick Brown to GC, May 10, 1987.
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page 509 “‘Can’t you find somebody younger…’”: Joseph Petrocik to GC, November 25, 1980.
page 510 “‘I will be the prince…’”: Anne Taylor Fleming, “Truman Capote’s World, Part 2: The Descent from the Heights,” New York Times Magazine, July 16, 1978, page 44.
page 510 “‘Rendez-vous du High-Life…’”: Mack, Toulouse-Lautrec, page 130.
page 510 “‘I’ve been to an awful lot of…’”: Leslie Bennetts, “An ‘In’ Crowd and Outside Mob Show Up for Studio 54’s Birthday,” New York Times, April 28, 1978.
page 511 “‘Sometimes, when I’m sitting up…’”: “Steve Rubell, in the Heat of the Night,” Interview, February, 1979, page 33.
page 511 “‘It was almost as if we were in jail…’”: Bob Colacello to GC, September 16, 1986.
page 512 “‘My own feeling is that…’”: John Richardson to GC, March 7, 1985.
page 512 “Bill was later to lament…”: Tony Schwartz, “An Intimate Talk with William Paley,” New York Times Magazine, December 28, 1980, page 16.
page 512 “‘But it will take millions…’”: Interview with a friend of William Paley.
page 513 “‘What’s going to happen unless…’”: Transcript of Stanley Siegel Show, July 18, 1978, prepared by Radio TV Reports, Inc., New York.
page 513 “‘Drunk & Doped…’”: Georgiana Pine, “Drunk & Doped Capote Visits TV Talk Show,” New York Post, July 18, 1978.
page 513 “‘A talented man of considerable literary stature…’”: John Cashman, “Capote’s On; It’s Live TV,” Newsday, July 19, 1978, page 3A.
page 514 “‘I saw what that man is about…’”: Joseph Petrocik to GC, July 20, 1978.
page 514 “‘At Bozeman, Montana…’”: Rick Brown to GC, November 7, 1978.
page 517 “It was not a glorious future he was…”: John Fowles, “Capote as Maupassant,” Saturday Review, July, 1980, pages 52–53.
page 517 “‘I do not recall ever discussing…’”: Anthony Haden-Guest, “The Vidal–Capote Papers: A Tempest in Camelot,” New York, June 11, 1979, page 56.
page 518 “…which in early June obediently printed…”: Ibid.
page 518 “‘I’m tired of Truman riding on my coattails…’”: Liz Smith, “Sunday’s People: Truman’s True Love,” New York Daily News, September 23, 1984, page 3.
page 518 “‘Why, no one would have ever heard…’”: Liz Smith, New York Daily News, June 18, 1979.
page 519 “‘If the lovely, divine and sensitive…’”: Sally Quinn, “In Hot Blood,” Washington Post, June 6, 1979, page El.
page 519 “‘A cassette of this show…’”: Ibid., page E3.
page 519 “‘I’ll tell you something about fags…’”: Ibid., page E7.
page 520 “‘Love is blind…’”: Ibid., page E3.
page 520 “‘This is pathology…’”: Sally Quinn, “Hot Blood—and Gore, Chapter Two,” Washington Post, June 7, 1979, page C7.
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page 524 “‘Truman wanted to kill him, and I think…’”: Joel Michael to GC, August 8, 1987.
page 526 “Truman was drunk—‘gaga,’ to use John’s word…”: John O’Shea to GC, October 1, 1986.
page 526 “Responding to a drunken, incoherent call, Rick Brown…”: Rick Brown to GC, November 1, 1982, and August 9, 1987.
page 527 “‘Am I right to come into Truman’s life again?…’”: Joseph Petrocik to GC, November 25, 1980.
page 528 “What poor Truman did not know was that…”: Helen Dudar, “The Shrinking World of Doctor Nathan Kline,” Manhattan section of New York Daily News, June 19, 1981, pages 1–3.
page 528 “‘Tonight was one of the great things…’”: Judy Klemesrud, “The Evening Hours,” New York Times, December 19, 1980, page B8.
page 528 “April Johnson, a journalist who had seen him…”: April Johnson to GC, May 9, 1987.
page 529 “…John, to use his own words, ‘beat the shit…’”: John O’Shea to GC, October 1, 1986.
page 529 “…he suffered a broken nose, a fractured rib, a cracked…”: Hospital records of Larkin General Hospital, Miami.
page 529 “…John made an urgent call to Dr. Harold Deutsch…”: Harold Deutsch, M.D., to GC, August 20, 1987.
page 529 “(Brian later denied that he had been involved…)”: Brian O’Shea to GC, September 1, 1987.
page 530 “As they sat down on that Easter Sunday…”: John O’Shea to TC, April 22, 1981.
page 530 “At 6:30 on the morning of April 24…”: Bob MacBride to Alan Schwartz, May 2, 1981.
page 531 “Before Bob’s arrival that morning, Truman had also…”: Joseph Petrocik and Myro
n Clement to GC, May 5, 1981.
page 531 “Increasingly disturbed, Bob confronted Jack…”: Bob MacBride to GC, August 22, 1987.
page 531 “‘I had always heard from Truman what a prince…’”: Ibid.
page 531 “…Bob wrote Alan Schwartz the next day…”: Bob MacBride to Alan Schwartz, May 2, 1981.
page 532 “John had not been staying with him long…”: John O’Shea to GC, October 1, 1986.
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page 534 “‘That’s just what I need!…’”: Joseph Petrocik to GC, July 12, 1981.
page 534 “‘First there was Marilyn…’”: Robert MacBride to GC, August 22, 1987.
page 536 “‘What would he say? “I’ll be there…”’”: Joseph Petrocik to GC, February 2, 1983.
page 537 “The first, in April, 1982, asked for money…”: John O’Shea to TC, April 19, 1982.
page 537 “The second, a few months later, revealed…”: John O’Shea to TC, August 9, 1982.
page 538 “‘It used to be that he…’” Joseph Petrocik to GC, February 2, 1983
page 538 “‘I recognized finally that…’”: Alan Schwartz to GC, March 17, 1983.
page 539 “‘I wanted him to have it…’”: Arnold Bernstein to GC, September 29, 1987.
page 539 “…as a slut whose ‘only enduring passion’…”: Rudisill with Simmons, Truman Capote, page 63.
page 539 “‘I have never seen so many misstatements of fact…’”: Harper Lee to GC, March 2, 1986.
page 539 “Mary Ida Carter, one of Tiny’s other sisters, was so disgusted…”: Mary Ida Carter to GC, January 7, 1984.
page 539 “‘So amusing,’ she said, ‘to read…’”: Lady (Nancy) Keith to TC, May 2, 1983.
page 540 “‘Capote Mixes Drinking and Driving Again…’”: New York Post, July 4, 1983, page 9.
page 540 “‘People don’t come to court dressed like that…’”: Laura Durkin, “No License to Do That, Judge Says,” Newsday, August 27, 1983.
page 540 “Dismayed to see him sitting alone…”: Liz Smith to GC, March 6, 1985.