Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball, (Hardcover)

from Iambookish

Picked this one up thanks to Melanie Benjamin's awesome fictionalized version of these events! Very fun read.

from FicusFan

It was a good quick read, it touched on the party, Capote's early life, his writing, and his friends. It also chronicled a time that has passed and the start of the modern era that we are still living in (the media frenzy and the voyeuristic public appetite that feeds it). After the party it talk...

from mgaulding

A dishy account of arguably last century best ball. Truman Capote is a fascinating character and a wonderful writer. This book captures a very window in time when he was at his zenith of power (socially, artistically). I was surprised that the Duke & Duchess of Windsor didn't attend. Beside Jacki...

from flourgirl49

Very entertaining tale of Truman Capote's Black and White Ball which he threw to celebrate the success of his smash hit book "In Cold Blood." I remember reading about, and seeing pictures of, the socialite people who attended his "party of the century" in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar when I was in m...

from omnia_mutantur

Just as much trashy fun as her other book, though about an entirely different topic. This was in fact a book that deserved to use the word fabulous in the title.