The Legendary Falling Out: Capote vs. The Swans

🕊️Truman Capote's comeback book 'Answered Prayers' caused a major falling out with his close friends, the swans.

💼The swans were a group of glamorous socialites who confided in Capote, but felt betrayed when he revealed their secrets in his book.

🖊️Capote's book, described as a 'non-fiction novel', was his attempt to create an American equivalent of Marcel Proust's 'Remembrance of Things Past'.

📰The publication of an excerpt from 'Answered Prayers' in Esquire magazine in 1975 caused outrage and exposed some of the unflattering characters based on real people.

💔Capote's relationship with the swans never recovered, and he never finished 'Answered Prayers' before his death in 1984.

Who were the swans?

—The swans were a group of glamorous socialites who were friends with Truman Capote and confided in him about their private lives.

What was 'Answered Prayers'?

—'Answered Prayers' was Truman Capote's unfinished book, described as a 'non-fiction novel', which revealed scandalous details about the lives of his wealthy friends.

Why did the swans feel betrayed by Capote?

—The swans felt betrayed by Capote because he based unflattering characters in 'Answered Prayers' on real people from their social circle, exposing their secrets and scandals.

Did Capote's relationship with the swans ever recover?

—No, Capote's relationship with the swans never recovered after the publication of 'Answered Prayers', and he was ostracized by his former friends.

What happened to 'Answered Prayers'?

—Capote never finished 'Answered Prayers', and it was published posthumously in 1984.

00:01The second season of Feud covers the legendary falling out between Truman Capote and the group of glamorous socialites he called the swans.

00:30Capote's book 'Answered Prayers' caused a major falling out with his close friends, the swans, as it revealed their secrets and scandals.

01:45The publication of an excerpt from 'Answered Prayers' in Esquire magazine in 1975 caused outrage and exposed some of the unflattering characters based on real people.

03:10Capote's relationship with the swans never recovered, and he never finished 'Answered Prayers' before his death in 1984.