Encountering an Enfant Terrible

November 12, 2012 | 1 book mentioned

It’s 1957. You’re Truman Capote. Your editor at The New Yorker, inspired in part by an excellent sense of humor, has asked you to write about an upcoming film (based on a novel by James Michener) that stars none other than Marlon Brando. How do you handle it?

is a staff writer for The Millions. He lives in New York.