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“... generous view of Capote’s talent and importance after the publication of his first book, Cyril Connolly predicted his martyrdom at the hands of a frightened and envious America. Capote’s was an alien kind of perception, but Connolly overstates its danger. And he is generous in his assessment of the degree to which ...”

“... this was an idle brush wipe, or it could be interpreted as Bacon reassigning Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly role to Moreau. Wisely, the compilers refrain from Colony Room speculation. Yet they feel obliged to say something. So here goes: ‘The meaning of Bacon’s paintmarks, which encircle Moreau’s face, is unclear.’ Harrison observes that many of ...”

“... own sense of publicity, and he understood the impulses that might lead a girl to Hollywood. Before Holly Golightly or any fictional character of that sort, he invented the type. For Sally Bowles, he drew influence from Balzac, from Louise Brooks and from a dozen girls he knew. But she was also, as Bucknell tells us, Isherwood’s own boy-girl alter ego, his ...”