Truman Streckfus Persons (September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) a.k.a. Truman Capote.
Happy birthday, Truman.
“I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end. ”
Do shiny new covers make you want to re-read old favorites? …Like Capote himself, the updated covers (coming this July) are stylish and daring with an undertone of darkness.
Read more in Entertainment Weekly.