Truman capote
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Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
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a long cloak or soldier’s coat, usually with a hood
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Truman. 1924–84, US writer; his novels include Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and In Cold Blood (1964), based on an actual multiple murder
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