01569cam a2200361 i 4500 386235995 TxAuBib 20190710120000.0 890516t19891988||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 88092221 9780345360786 0345360788 (OCoLC)19714374 TxAuBib rda Clarke, Gerald, 1937- Capote : a biography / Gerald Clarke. 1st Ballantine Books ed. New York : Ballantine, 1989. ©1988. 631 pgs. : illustrations, pictures ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "First Ballantine Books Edition: May 1989"--Title page verso. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (pages [602]-608.) From instant celebrity at age 23 to overweight, alcoholic loner in his 50s, Truman Capote streaked across the middle of this century on a comet of genius, self-destruction, and fame. Drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews with Capote and with nearly everyone who knew him, and with exclusive access to personal papers, Gerald Clarke has written the definitive biography of an incomparable man and his time. 20190710. Capote, Truman, 1924-1984. Authors, American 20th century Biography. Borowitz Collection. True crime literature.