Benjamin, Melanie

The swans of Fifth Avenue / Melanie Benjamin - New York : Penguin Random House , 2016 - 372 p. ; 21 cm

Centered on two dynamic, complicated, and compelling protagonist - Truman Capote and Babe Pale - this book is steeped in the glamour and perfumed and smoky atmosphere of New York’s high society. Babe Pale - known for her high-profile marriage to CBS founder William Paley and her ranking in the International Best-Dressed Hall of Fam - was one of the reigning monarchs of New York’s high society in the 1950s. Replete with gossip, scandal, betrayal, and a vibrant cast of real-life supporting characters, readers will be seduced by this startling new look at the infamous society swans.


English

9780345528704


Capote, Truman (1924-1984) ----Fiction
Paley, Babe Mortimer---Fiction


Upper class---New York (State)---New York----Fiction

PS3604.E7575 / R64 2010

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