Portraits and Observations Book

Truman Capote     ix
New Orleans     3
New York     10
Brooklyn     17
Hollywood     24
Haiti     30
To Europe     39
Ischia     45
Tangier     51
A Ride Through Spain     59
Fontana Vecchia     64
Style: and the Japanese     72
The Muses Are Heard     74
The Duke in His Domain     179
From Observations     212
Richard Avedon
John Huston
Charlie Chaplin
A Gathering of Swans
Pablo Picasso
Coco Chanel
Marcel Duchamp
Jean Cocteau
Andre Gide
Mae West
Louis Armstrong
Humphrey Bogart
Ezra Pound
Somerset Maugham
Isak Dinesen
A House on the Heights     233
Lola     246
Jane Bowles     256
Extreme Magic     260
Ghosts in Sunlight: The Filming of In Cold Blood     267
Greek Paragraphs     275
A Voice from a Cloud     281
Cecil Beaton     287
The White Rose     292
Self-Portrait     296
Preface to The Dogs Bark     307
Elizabeth Taylor     311
Music for Chameleons     320
Then It AllCame Down     328
Handcarved Coffins     338
A Day's Work     398
Dazzle     412
Hidden Gardens     422
Hello, Stranger     433
Derring-do     444
Nocturnal Turnings     455
A Beautiful Child     470
Mr. Jones     484
A Lamp in a Window     486
Hospitality     490
Preface to Music for Chameleons     494
Remembering Tennessee     500
Remembering Willa Cather     505
Index     509