/lit/ - Literature

>>1276894

I can *almost* see the appeal of the young Truman Capote---since he has that slutty bottom bitch look in his eyes---except it's always struck me that there's something about those famous youthful pictures of him where he looks, uh, just a tiny bit retarded.

Haven't you ever thought that?

I mean if that's why you're into him, who am I to judge. But honestly that's why I can't fap to the young Truman Capote. He just looks a little, uh, Downsy. Like he's going to come at me like a whirling dervish, all fists and elbows, because he wants cake.

Am I the only one who thinks he looks kind of retarded in these pictures?

"In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote.

It invented a genre, a hybrid of journalism and gripping fiction.

>>1162310

That's a fabricated list, don't pay attention to it.

>>1122070

No.

You can teach people to be great at playing music, but you cannot teach people to create great music. You can teach people to be great mathematicians, but you cannot teach people to be great mathematical thinkers like Einstein.

>>1031184

This "tiny, dead gay man" is renowned as one of the greatest authors of the 20th century.

I invented a genre.

Who are you?

George Orwell was a democratic socialist, you baboon.

Those books were against all forms of totalitarianism.

Misanthropy is a rarely adopted mindset and allows the reader to see the world in a totally different way.

Also, people are more empathic towards anti-heros than truly good people.