Capote Reviewed – The Morning News/Book Digest

There was Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. There was Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. There was the film Capote. And now Kim Powers (The History of Swimming) has conjured a narrative that resolves some and speculates on other features of the Capote/Lee friendship and some of the odd directions it took. Powers also gives voice to the murdered family of whom Capote wrote. It’s an odd hybrid tale, made compelling by the two offbeat protagonists and the surreal crime story in which they were to become embroiled. – Roger Birnbaum