Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

Acclaimed writer Truman Capote ruins his friendships with socialite group, "The Swans", of NYC's high society by writing a thinly fictionalized account of their scandalous and hedonistic lives in his (ultimately unfinished) novel Answered Prayers. When Esquire publishes the chapter "La Côte Basque", named after the restaurant of the same name frequented by the swans, many of the women vow to ruin his life in revenge. Acclaimed writer Truman Capote ruins his friendships with socialite group, "The Swans", of NYC's high society by writing a thinly fictionalized account of their scandalous and hedonistic lives in his (ultimately unfinished) novel Answered Prayers. When Esquire publishes the chapter "La Côte Basque", named after the restaurant of the same name frequented by the swans, many of the women vow to ruin his life in revenge. Acclaimed writer Truman Capote ruins his friendships with socialite group, "The Swans", of NYC's high society by writing a thinly fictionalized account of their scandalous and hedonistic lives in his (ultimately unfinished) novel Answered Prayers. When Esquire publishes the chapter "La Côte Basque", named after the restaurant of the same name frequented by the swans, many of the women vow to ruin his life in revenge. Acclaimed writer Truman Capote ruins his friendships with socialite group, "The Swans", of NYC's high society by writing a thinly fictionalized account of their scandalous and hedonistic lives in his (ultimately unfinished) novel Answered Prayers. When Esquire publishes the chapter "La Côte Basque", named after the restaurant of the same name frequented by the swans, many of the women vow to ruin his life in revenge.