Truman Capote be exposed to the public. Another two chapters – "Unspoiled Monsters" and "Kate McCloud" – appeared subsequently. The essays were intended to form the long opening section of the novel, they displayed a marked shift in narrative voice, introduced a more elaborate plot structure, and together formed a novella-length mosaic of fictionalized memoir and gossip. "Unspoiled Monsters", which by itself was almost as long as "Breakfast at Tiffany's", contained a thinly veiled satire of Tennessee Williams, whose friendship with Capote had become strained. "La Côte Basque 1965" was published as an individual chapter in "Esquire" magazine in November 1975. The
Truman Capote who questioned certain events as reported in the book. Writing in "Esquire" in 1966, Phillip K. Tompkins noted factual discrepancies after he traveled to Kansas and spoke to some of the same people interviewed by Capote. In a telephone interview with Tompkins, Mrs. Meier denied that she heard Perry cry and that she held his hand as described by Capote. "In Cold Blood" indicates that Meier and Perry became close, yet she told Tompkins she spent little time with Perry and did not talk much with him. Tompkins concluded: Capote has, in short, achieved a work of art. He has