So lets talk about his infamous unfinished novel, Answered Prayers.
For years, the publication date for this book kept getting pushed back. There are so many theories surrounding why this book was never finished. Personally, I don't think he ever intended to finish writing it. He even makes jokes in the very first chapter that he may never get around to finishing it. But regardless of how many stories were lost, or destroyed, or whatever may have happened, Answered Prayers contains three fantastic stories.
Answered Prayers follows a fictionalized version of Capote, as P.B. Jones. This character seems to be hellbent on writing a novel that exposes all the secrets of his closest friends. It's filled with sex, alcohol, and socialite drama. "Unspoiled Monsters" dove headfirst into the sex fueled "service station" that made Jones start selling his body. "Kate McCloud" was basically Holly Golightly 2.0. The depression, the anxiety, the worldview. But it embraced the queer undertones in a not so subtle way, quite the opposite in Breakfast at Tiffany's. But "La Cote Basque" really brought the gossip to the table. Lady Ina wasn't afraid to tell Jones the goings-on in their upper-crust circle.
Now, I'm well aware that this book fractured many of Capote's friendships, but I don't believe that's why he stopped writing the book. I think the drugs and alcohol, mixed with blatant honesty about his life caused him to stop writing. I really think this was it for him. His life's work became an illusion of truth.
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