{"product_id":"answered-prayers-the-novel-that-scandalized-capotes-women","title":"Answered Prayers: The Novel That Scandalized Capote's Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eTruman Capote's unfinished final novel is an unsparing tell-all of New York high society that sent a seismic shock through the public and Capote's own social circle.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Prose that makes the heart sing and the narrative fly.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatapulted from a childhood spent in a Missouri orphanage to the dizzying peaks of New York high society, the destitute and debauched writer P. B. Jones spends his days moving between the paltry cell of a Manhattan Y.M.C.A. and the opulent playgrounds of the metropolitan elite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough Jones struggles to make ends meet, his effortless associations with the moneyed and powerful thrust him into sumptuous business offices, bohemian bars inhabited by the likes of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, and the trendiest restaurants, where the tables are arranged by the social status of their occupants. Jones's days and nights are a riptide of dysfunctional dinner parties and hobnobbing with drunken heiresses, accompanied by a carousel of legendary female characters who populated Capote's own life, among them Colette, Jackie Kennedy, and the Duchess of Windsor. Indeed, \u003ci\u003eAnswered Prayers\u003c\/i\u003e teems with the real-life secrets and confessions of Capote's most trusted friends, and these pages, when first published as a magazine serial, astounded readers but betrayed his confidantes, banishing him from the exclusive circle that was once his. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnrestrained and irreverent, \u003ci\u003eAnswered Prayers\u003c\/i\u003e renders a carnival of wealth and influence so unthinkable that it satirizes itself--with the inimitable wit of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated writers.","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47994340769981,"sku":"BS-TC0-731109","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780593731109-HD.jpg?v=1786732177","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/answered-prayers-the-novel-that-scandalized-capotes-women","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}