5 - Truman & Hunter

Sorry He Sucks

On this weeks episode Kara and Amber look at Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson and discover that they 'can't hate them all'.

Capote Refs:

Bower Boys podcast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Capote

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/12/truman-capote-answered-prayers

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/obituaries/archives/truman-capote

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/dec/05/truman-capote-failings-new-journalism-in-cold-blood

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/fashion/black-and-white-ball-anniversary-truman-capote.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Truman-Capote

https://www.tatler.com/gallery/truman-capotes-swans

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/26/truman-capotes-ashes-sold-for-43750#:~:text=The%20ashes%20of%20In%20Cold,Tonight%20Show%20host%20Johnny%20Carson.

https://www.biography.com/news/harper-lee-truman-capote-friendship-jealously#:~:text=After%20Lee's%20'To%20Kill%20a,a%20wedge%20between%20the%20writers.&text=Two%20of%20the%20most%20famous,the%20Depression%2Dera%20Deep%20South.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/14-things-you-didnt-know-about-harper-lee-and-truman-capotes-friendship/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/arts/in-harper-lees-letters-books-fame-and-a-lying-capote.html

Thompson:

Wiki

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride - Hunter S Thompson on Film documentary

The Guardian, ‘Hunter S Thompson's son: 'Whatever my father's virtues, he was a basket case'’, Michelle Dean 2016

The Daily Mail “The Father I Feared Loathed and Loved” Louise Boyle Dec 2015.

The Los Angeles Times “Gonzo Time : Hunter Thompson, Facing Drug, Sexual Assault Charges, Claims He’s the Victim of ‘Witch Hunt’”, Dan Morain, April 1990.