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Capote in
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date: October, 2007
ISBN-13: 978-0786720330
256pp
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“When Truman called a third
night in a row, Nelle wasn't surprised. She'd been expecting,
even looking forward to, the voice that sounded more southern with each
successive call, forcing herself to stay awake even though her pills had begun
to kick in and draw her to sleep. By now Truman's ghosts were becoming hers as
well; she was afraid of sleep for almost the first time in her life, afraid
those same phantoms might be on the other side of her closed eyelids. She had
been with Truman in
Kim Power’s Capote
in Kansas is a fictional account of the friendship between Harper Lee
and Truman Capote. There has been a string of books and movies recently that
examines their relationship. My knowledge of their relationship is mostly from
the recent movie, Capote,
that came out a few years ago. As I began this novel I was instantly
fascinated by both of them. The novel begins at the end, long after their climb
to fame and publishing success and during the last weeks of Capote’s life.
Power’s imagines they are both haunted by the ghosts of their past - Truman by
the ghosts of the Clutter family, and Nelle by the
fame she came to resent. We find out why they are so connected and how their
relationship is both cruel and necessary. Power’s has presented an interesting
point of view which will both please and anger fans of the two infamous
authors.
The most controversial
question surrounding both of them has been the accusations that Capote wrote Mockingbird himself and let Harper Lee
take credit. This subject is addressed and resolved in an imaginative and
beautiful way. I really felt like I got an inside look at their lives and was
especially touched by Nelle’s. I also really liked
the characterization of Capote’s loving housekeeper, who would do anything for
him and cared for him until she died of cancer. Power’s writes powerful imagery
of words that compel you into their thoughts and lives. He has written a nice
blend of fact and fiction and I highly recommend Capote in Kansas to fans of the infamous authors.
Book Room Grade
B
Book Review Posted: October 2, 2008
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