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Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story by Kim Powers

By Phoebe Kate Foster

In light of Truman Capote's taste for notoriety, he's probably not rolling over in his grave about the grotesque things attributed to him in this misbegotten book. But if I were Harper Lee, I’d be mad. Damned mad. [17 September 2007]