All literature is gossip,” Truman Capote once proclaimed ... of high society by throwing a lavish party of his own, christened the Black and White Ball, at the Plaza Hotel in 1966.

Truman Capote went from society ... murder case", everyone "wanted a piece" of Capote, said The Independent. When he threw a "lavish" party, the Black and White Ball, at the Plaza Hotel in 1966 ...