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Deliberate Cruelty, Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo

February 11, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

Content Warning: This book deals with murder, as the title suggests. The book also addresses spousal abuse and suicide. This review mentions the murder but does not touch on the other topics. The novel opens with a bit of snarky back-and-forth between Truman Capote and the Millionaire’s Wife of the title (Ann Woodward), establishing that the two are not on friendly terms. She allegedly uses a slur about his lifestyle (Truman Capote was openly gay) to describe him, and he calls her “Mrs. Bang Bang” […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: #biography, Ann Woodward, audio book, content warnings, Roseanne Montillo, true crime, truman capote

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: #biography, Ann Woodward, audio book, content warnings, Roseanne Montillo, true crime, truman capote ·
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