Capote's Women

Capote and his ‘swans' make brilliant subjects for a biography and it's obvious that Leamer did his research. With multiple subjects, it was a difficult task weaving all the stories together and I thought the author did a good job. It was an entertaining (if somewhat tragic at times) biography with lots of gossipy bits. What I found a bit distasteful was the throwaway comments made about the weight of the women, commenting on them being fat or super slim. I think it's probably a generational thing in that Leamer is an older author, but I am listening to Deliberate Cruelty by Roseanne Montillo (about a woman involved with Capote who was accused of murder) at the same time and so far there I haven't found the same kind of weight references.