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<p>Literary scandal: a new Disney+ show explores Truman Capote (Tom Hollander)’s falling out with high society friends like Babe Paley (Naomi Watts)</p>

‘What did they expect?’ How Truman Capote betrayed the ‘swans’

In 1976, Truman Capote published a short story in ‘Esquire’ that destroyed his friendships with New York’s elite and damaged his literary reputation. As a new TV series airs starring Tom Hollander as Capote, Katie Rosseinsky explores the scandal that became the author’s undoing

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