KnowraTruman CapoteLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Truman Capote, each with the reason it gives.All 10Related 7Compared with 3Richard AvedonRelated: Avedon collaborated with Capote on Observations, pairing portraits with Capote’s text.Norman MailerCompared with: Capote’s controlled documentary method contrasts with Mailer’s conspicuous authorial presence in nonfiction.Narrative nonfictionRelated: His book brought national attention to the possibilities and factual disputes of the form.Joan DidionCompared with: His immersive crime narrative contrasts with Didion’s fragmentary essays and self-questioning reportage.Harper LeeRelated: Their friendship connected Lee to literary circles and to Capote’s reporting on the Clutter murders.Mary McCarthyCompared with: Capote’s nonfiction storytelling offers a contrasting model of literary treatment of real lives.Irving PennRelated: Penn’s portrait of Capote is among his notable studies of literary figures.Babe PaleyRelated: Paley belonged to the circle of wealthy friends Capote called his “swans.”Philip Seymour HoffmanRelated: Hoffman portrayed Capote in the film role that won him an Academy Award.William StyronRelated: Capote and Styron belonged to overlapping circles of prominent postwar American writers.