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Ficción y Realidad en la obra de Truman Capote
Truman Capote describe recuerda ciertamente la de Fred en Brea4fast al
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“Boaty owned a roomy oíd brownstone town house;
it was far east in the upper eighties. Tite interior was
exaggerated replica of his office, a crimson Victorian
horsehair mélange: beaded curtains and stuffed owls
frowning under glass belís. Titis brand of camp, now
démodé was amusingí>’ common in those days, and Boaty’s
parlor was one of Manhattans most populated social
centers.
1 met Jean Cocteau titere... Both Dietrich and Garbo
occasionalí>’ came to Boaty’s the latter always escorted by
Cecil Beaton.
In truth, one encountered an exceptional sitare oftite
celebrated at Boaty’s, performers as various as Martha
Graham and Gypsy Rose Lee, sequined sorts interspersed
with an array ofpainters..., composers..., and most plentiflil,
writers (Auden, Isiterwood, Wescott, Mailer, Williams,
Styron, Porter, and, on several occasions, when he was in
New York, tite Lolita-minded Faulkner, usualí>’ grave and
courtly under the double weight of uncertain gentility and a
Jack Daniel’s hangover).” (Capote 13-14)
Así era. La casa de George Davis estaba así de concurrida y daba
cobijo a gente tan diferente y tan importante. Pero no sólo los personajes
anteriormente citados pertenecen a la onda de Mr. Davis y Mr. Capote
sino que PB/Truman continúa con la lista de sus conocidos de forma no
muy positiva cuando a continuación dice que
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