Truman Capote, author, screenwriter, and playwright — best known for his novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's" — was a defining literary icon of mid-century New York City. He pioneered the modern true-crime genre when he published "In Cold Blood" in The New Yorker. Filmed in 1966 by filmmakers Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, this special from THIRTEEN's "USA: The Novel" captures Capote at the peak of his fame as he explains his groundbreaking "nonfiction novel" format. Filmed in his Long Island home and around Manhattan with Kansas detective Alvin Dewey (the chief investigator on the crime upon which "In Cold Blood" is based) — stopping at Random House and Tiffany & Co. — Capote reads key passages, reviews crime scene photos, reflects on his complex, five-year relationship with killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, and details how he transformed real-life events into an American masterpiece. The Story of New York. Discover the stories that built New York City from a Dutch t...