Reply #1: It was a dishonest book. I agree!

[murielm99]

I reread it a few years ago.

It may have been dishonest because of the time when it was written. Capote could not talk openly about homosexuality, his own, or that of the two convicted murderers.

There has been speculation that Capote had an affair with Perry Smith. Smith was the one of the pair who was probably gay. Hickock was straight, but had an affair with Smith in prison because many imprisoned men often turn to homosexuality.

If Capote had written his book in our contemporary society, he may have been more honest.