Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel
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| - | Through his jet-set social life [[Capote]] had been discreetly conducting research (unbeknownst to his friends and benefactors) for his tell-all ''Answered Prayers'' (eventually to be published as ''[[Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel]]''). The book, which had been in the planning stages since 1958, was intended to be the American equivalent of [[Marcel Proust]]'s ''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'' and a culmination of the "nonfiction novel" format. Initially scheduled for publication in 1968, the novel was eventually delayed at Capote's insistence to 1972. Because of the delay, he was forced to return money received for the film rights to [[20th Century Fox]]. Capote spoke about the novel in interviews, but continued to delay the delivery date. | ||
| - | By 1975, public demand for ''Answered Prayers'' had reached a critical mass, with many speculating that Capote had not even written a single word of the book. He permitted ''Esquire'' to publish four chapters of the unfinished novel in 1975 and 1976. The first to appear, "Mojave", ran as a self-contained short story and was favorably received, but the second, "''La Côte Basque'' 1965", based in part on the dysfunctional personal lives of [[William S. Paley]] and Babe Paley, arguably Capote's best friends, generated controversy. Although the issue featuring "''La Côte Basque''" sold out immediately upon publication, its much-discussed betrayal of confidences alienated Capote from his established base of middle aged, wealthy female friends, who feared that the intimate and often sordid details of their ostensibly glamorous lives would be exposed to the public. Another two chapters, "Unspoiled Monsters" and "Kate McCloud", appeared subsequently; intended to form the long opening section of the novel, they displayed a marked shift in narrative voice, introduced a more elaborate plot structure, and together formed a novella-length mosaic of fictionalized memoir and gossip. "Unspoiled Monsters", which by itself was almost as long as ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', contained a thinly veiled satire of [[Tennessee Williams]], whose friendship with Capote had already become strained. | + | '''''Answered Prayers''''' is an unfinished [[novel]] by American author [[Truman Capote]], published posthumously in 1986 in England and in 1987 in the United States. |
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Answered Prayers is an unfinished novel by American author Truman Capote, published posthumously in 1986 in England and in 1987 in the United States.
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