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Title: GREAT OF TYPE
Review: The most impressive thing about this book, aside from the events, which are true of course, is the absence of "style".Capote realizes that an evident style (as F. Scott Fitzgerald or Hemmingway for example) would detract from the power of the events and add a surface covering of soapoperaness or the point of view of condemnation or justification that makes Malmud's "The Fixer" less than the work it could have been in the hands of a genius. Capote shows a kind of genius, or at a minimum very keen judgement in his writing. The movie made from the story was good. It lacks the sense of brilliant detachment that makes this book special. The closest modern author in English I know of is Joseph Conrad. I recommend Capote's book.
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