The Nonfiction Novel: A Visit with Truman Capote

Presents Truman Capote as a writer and explains how he came to write his non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Discusses why he wrote this book, the characters and his relationship with them, and the photographs of the characters. Includes a sequence of Capote escorting Detective Alvin Dewey and his wife around New York.

More in USA: The Novel Series

  1. 1914-1942, the Loss of Innocence 1966
  2. Ralph Ellison, on Works in Progress 1966
  3. Saul Bellow, the World of the Dangling Man 1966
  4. The Nonfiction Novel: A Visit with Truman Capote 1966

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record