From the Book - 1st Anchor Books ed.
In which the reader is introduced to Monroeville (pop. 1,800), Harper Lee, and goes to TC's first big party --
In which TC arrives in New York, goes to a succession of schools, fails math, and meets some new friends --
In which TC joins The New Yorker, upsets Robert Frost, writes his first stories, and joins the New York artistic world --
In which TC is accepted into a writers' colony in upstate New York and into a new circle of friends and meets Newton Arvin --
In which TC takes a train ride, meets the Trillings, and alarms the Island of Nantucket --
In which TC's Other Voices, Other Rooms is published and given the critical once-over --
In which TC embarks on the grand tour and visits the salons of Paris --
In which TC moves out of his mother's apartment and meets his lifelong friend, Jack Dunphy --
In which TC and Jack Dunphy leave for the expatriate life of Europe --
In which TC receives sad news --
In which TC tries his hand at the theater --
In which TC returns to Europe, teaches a large bird epithets, writes Beat the Devil amid bedlam, and arm-wrestles Humphrey Bogart --
In which TC settles across the river --
In which TC speaks about his working habits, his mentors, and his aversion to nuns traveling on the same plane --
In which TC alarms the town of Stonington, Connecticut --
In which the reader is introduced to the swans and TC is seen as counselor and confidant --
In which TC's Breakfast at Tiffany's upsets Mr. Deems --
In which TC decides to go to Kansas --
In which TC is a witness to the doings in the penitentiary warehouse --
In which Chaplain Post describes a portrait in his living room --
In which TC discusses, in a New York Times interview, In Cold Blood and the form he claims to have invented--the nonfiction novel --
In which In Cold Blood stirs up comment --
In which folks from Kansas come to New York and are treated by TC to the lights of Broadway --
In which TC settles in Sagaponack in the Hamptons --
In which TC and his contemporaries have a word to say about each other --
In which TC decides to give his black-and-white ball --
In which the band strikes up --
In which the dancers reminisce --
In which TC steps into bullrings and onto yachts --
In which TC is observed as jester, as little brother to the rich, and as celebrity --
In which the reader is treated to a brief disquisition on fibbing --
In which TC buys a home in Palm Springs and meets an air-conditioning repairman --
In which a banker comes to call on TC at the UN Plaza --
In which Kate Harrington, John O'Shea's daughter, tells her story --
In which society recoils from TC's bombshell --
In which the reader meets two of TC's kindred spirits --
In which TC drifts in and out of the movie business --
In which TC meets an idol --
In which the reader learns of TC's entanglement with Gore --
In which TC takes up the nightlife --
In which TC begins to work for a longtime admirer --
In which TC falls on bad times --
In which TC buys a one-way ticket to LA --
In which mourners, some of dubious note, attend services for TC at the Westwood Mortuary --
In which the mystery of Answered Prayers is examined --
in which the reader is let in on TC's secret --
In which TC and Jack Dunphy are reunited in Crooked Pond --