This collection of Truman Capote's entertainingly gossipy letters takes him from his outrageous youth to his perhaps even more outrageous middle age--Capote died at 60--as he writes about his life, his loves, and his writing. Throughout, Capote displays his biting and sometimes corrosive wit, but he also has some cogent things to say about the life of the writer and the process of producing a body of work--a process that got no easier as Capote got older. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.