fragments of the unfinished novel Answered Prayers

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Fragments of the unfinished novel "Answered Prayers" are the surviving, posthumously published sections of Truman Capote’s planned society roman à clef that famously alienated many of his high-society friends.

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instanceOf literary work
novel fragment
posthumously published work
author Truman Capote NERFINISHED
authorIntention to create a major society roman à clef
basedOn American café society NERFINISHED
New York high society
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Truman Capote NERFINISHED
effectOnAuthor contributed to estrangement from many friends
damaged Truman Capote’s social standing
firstPublisher Esquire NERFINISHED
genre roman à clef
society novel
hasAuthorNationality American
hasPart “Kate McCloud” NERFINISHED
“La Côte Basque, 1965” NERFINISHED
“Mojave” NERFINISHED
“Unspoiled Monsters” NERFINISHED
hasTitleLanguage English
language English
literaryMovement postwar American literature
notableFor alienating many of Truman Capote’s high-society friends
controversial portrayal of real socialites under thinly veiled fictional names
partOf Answered Prayers NERFINISHED
portrays fictionalized versions of real people
members of New York’s elite social circles
publicationMedium magazine serialization
publicationStatus posthumously published
unfinished
relatedWork Breakfast at Tiffany’s NERFINISHED
In Cold Blood NERFINISHED
setting mid-20th-century New York City high society
subject betrayal
celebrity culture
gossip
sexual relationships
wealthy American socialites
theme betrayal of confidences
loneliness beneath glamour
moral corruption of the wealthy
the cost of social ambition
tone cynical
gossipy
satirical
workStatus incomplete at the time of Truman Capote’s death
workType excerpted chapters of a planned novel

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“Yachts and Things” includedIn fragments of the unfinished novel Answered Prayers
subject surface form: Yachts and Things