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.