{"product_id":"truman-capote-tison-pugh-9780820346694","title":"Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies","description":"\u003cp\u003eTruman Capote once remarked, \"My primary thing is that I'm a prose writer. I don't think film is the greatest living thing\"; nonetheless, his legacy is in many ways defined by his complex relationship with cinema, Hollywood, and celebrity itself. In \u003ci\u003eTruman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, Tison Pugh explores the author and his literature through a cinematic lens, skillfully weaving the most relevant elements of Capote's biography-- including his highly flamboyant public persona and his friendships and feuds with notable stars--with insightful critical analysis of the films, screenplays, and adaptations of his works that composed his fraught relationship with the Hollywood machine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapote's masterful short stories and novels ensure his status as an iconic author of the twentieth century, and his screenplays, including \u003ci\u003eBeat the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiscretion of an American Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e, allowed him to collaborate with such Hollywood heavyweights as Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, and David O. Selznick. Throughout his professional life he circulated freely in a celebrity milieu populated by such notables as Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. Cinematic adaptations of his literature, most notably \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, play with or otherwise alter Capote's queer literary themes, often bleaching his daring treatment of homosexuality in favor of heterosexual romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Capote's literary works to be not merely coincident to film but integral to their mutual creation, paying keen attention to the ways in which Capote's identity as a gay southerner influenced his and others' perceptions of his literature and its adaptations. Pugh's research illuminates Capote's personal and professional successes and disappointments in the film industry, helping to create a more nuanced portrait of the author and bringing fresh details to light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tison Pugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820346691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820346694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 430","brand":"Tison Pugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926515384575,"sku":"9780820346694","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b205c33f-e21f-4736-85bd-2c65156efa8b.jpg?v=1681083490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/truman-capote-tison-pugh-9780820346694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}