tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6754499735998545149..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Happy Birthday, Harper Lee!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-54848394749893729332010-04-29T13:48:29.796-05:002010-04-29T13:48:29.796-05:00I'm pretty sure I had read In Cold Blood by th...I'm pretty sure I had read <b>In Cold Blood</b> by the time I read <b>TKAM</b> (my mother had <b>ICB</b> in one of those two volume mystery collections that you got from the Book Club, and I was an odd child), but I don't think I picked up on the the Capote thing either.<br /><br />And it wasn't until many years later - actually, it was Joe R. Landsdale his own self who I found this out from - that Harper Lee was Capote's research assistant on that book.Dwight Brownhttp://www.sportsfirings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-31973175914793332412010-04-28T13:44:20.932-05:002010-04-28T13:44:20.932-05:00At the time I first read the book, I had no idea t...At the time I first read the book, I had no idea that Dill was based on Capote. I probably didn't even know who Capote was.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-337082217382185382010-04-28T13:26:45.063-05:002010-04-28T13:26:45.063-05:00Yeah, that's a book that stays whicha. I enjoy...Yeah, that's a book that stays whicha. I enjoyed it at age 14, but coming back to it a lifetime later, I discovered depths of humor and hidden meaning (including Lee's portrait of young Truman Capote) that made it a whole new experience.Dannoreply@blogger.com