Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

How does the structure of the book—weaving the swans’ lives with anecdotes from Truman’s biography—contribute to the sense of Truman as a partial outsider among the social elite?

How does Leamer integrate outside sources, such as the swans’ memoirs and interviews, Truman’s own writing, and other reporting on his life? What effect does the inclusion have on the overall narrative?

How do the major cultural changes of the 1960s and 1970s affect the course of Truman’s life? In what ways do they begin to undermine and interrogate the social framework that so fascinates Truman throughout Leamer’s text?