How does ‘Capote vs. the Swans’s version of New York high society and its power players align with the real story? Let’s fact-check this notorious ‘Feud.’
‘Truman Capote in Hot Water’ appeared in the February 9, 1976, issue of New York. Liz Smith writes about the society scandal that erupted around Capote’s story “La Côte Basque 1965,” and his rejection by the swans after it was published.