'This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud' OBSERVER

'Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall.' THE TIMES, Books of the Year ' Brilliantly written, deeply researched, funny, sharp and moving.' - KATE WILLIAMS, bestselling author of Josephine ' Our generation's The Secret History' PENDORA

'A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skilful re-imagining of real people, times and places. And the character of Truman himself shimmers through the novel in a wonderful blaze of eccentricity and excess. There is great pathos in the Swans' woundings and in their inevitable decline. This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail.' SUNDAY TIMES And one can't be surprised if they write what they know.' They trusted him with their most guarded, martini-soaked secrets, each believing she was more special and loved than the next. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. To the outside world, they were the icons of high society - the most glamorous and influential women of their age. SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARD While enjoying all the fruits of his success, he was struck with an idea fo.LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Then, in one fell swoop, he betrayed them in the most surprising and startling way possible.īestselling biographer Laurence Leamer delves into the years following the acclaimed publication of Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1958 and In Cold Blood in 1966, when Capote struggled with a crippling case of writer’s block. Capote befriended them, received their deepest confidences, and ingratiated himself into their lives. Guest, Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy’s sister)-they were the toast of midcentury New York, each beautiful and distinguished in her own way. “There are certain women,” Truman Capote wrote, “who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to be rich.” Barbara “Babe” Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote's never-published final novel, Answered Prayers-the dark secrets, tragic glamour, and Capote's ultimate betrayal of the group of female friends he called his 'swans.'

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