Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
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He said at the time that the book scraped him down to the marrow of his bones. It changed him.Gerald Clarke
He probably gave the impression to other writers that he wrote copy rather than delivered it.
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He did tell me that 'In Cold Blood' scraped him down to the marrow of his bones. That's how he phrased it. He achieved fame, money, everything a writer ever, ever wants in the world, and it ruined his life.
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His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.
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He identified with Perry Smith, ... Perry Smith had a terrible childhood. Perry's was much worse than Truman's. Perry was really, really miserable. Truman's was just really miserable. But the loneliness--both of them shared this loneliness.
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