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Deliberate cruelty : Truman Capote, the millionaire's wife, and the murder of the century / Roseanne Montillo.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982153731
- ISBN: 1982153733
- Physical Description: 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305). |
| Summary, etc.: | 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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| Subject: | Woodward, Ann, -1975. Capote, Truman, 1924-1984. Murder > New York (State) > New York. Socialites > New York (State) > New York. Authors, American. |
| Genre: | True crime stories. |
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Deliberate Cruelty : Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
Roseanne Montillo is an accomplished research librarian who earned her MFA from Emerson College and has taught creative writing at Emerson and the Tufts Extension School. In addition to Deliberate Cruelty , she has published four previous works of narrative nonfiction to critical acclaim-- Fire on the Track , The Wilderness of Ruin , Atomic Women, and The Lady and Her Monsters .
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