Writer Gerald Clarke. Clarke's biography of writer Truman Capote has just been published. Capote was the author of the seminal work In Cold Blood, but his writing was overshadowed by the excesses of his lifestyle and his reputation as the clownish fixture of the talk show circuit. Clarke's biography was 14 years in the making and was undertaken with Capote's full cooperation. Clarke has written extensively for Time magazine.
Book Critic John Leonard reviews Capote: A Biography, the biography of the American writer Truman Capote that was 14 years in the making. The author is Time magazine writer Gerald Clarke.
