Deliberate Cruelty Av Roseanne Montillo

<b>This glittering, “wild romp of a story, boldly and beautifully told” (Neal Thompson, author of <i>The First Kennedys</i>) explores the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman Capote, sweeping us to the upper echelons of Manhattan’s high society—where falls from grace are all the more shocking. </b><BR><BR>When Ann Woodward shot her husband, banking heir Billy Woodward, in the middle of the night in 1955, her life changed forever. Though she claimed she thought he was a prowler, few believed the woman who had risen from charismatic showgirl to popular socialite. Everyone had something to say about the scorching scandal afflicting one of the most rich and famous families of New York City, but no one was more obsessed with the tale than Truman Capote.<BR><BR>Acclaimed for his bestselling nonfiction book <I>In Cold Blood</I>, Capote was looking for new material and followed the scandal from beginning to end. Like Ann,

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