OT Literary Society: "To Kill a Mockingbird" discussion

My favorite fiction novel.

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one of my favorites as well

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Nothing to buy and no money to buy it with.

Al.com smh

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one of my favorites as well

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ditto

Have an autographed 35th edition, hopefully it will be worth some decent $ in the future.

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Ok, let me start by answering myself. At first I thought maybe Truman may have wrote Mockingbird, but then later in life thought Harper wrote it herself and leaned toward Harper writing at least a portion of In Cold Blood.

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First - it is not seriously disputed that they collaborated on things, even as children. Capote was the character basis for Dill in Mockingbird, and Lee helped Capote do the research for In Cold Blood.

Second - it is difficult to believe that Lee, with exactly 1 published novel, was the bigger talent than Capote, with 4 published novels, an unfinished one, non-fiction works included In Cold Blood, a musical, short stories, plays, stage plays, etc., and Harper has outlived her childhood friend for some 30 years now.

In any event, the best evidence is that Mockingbird is essentially (but perhaps not solely) Lee's work, while Capote authored the things to his credit. However, the interrelationship of each to the other's most acclaimed work (with Breakfast at Tiffany's a close second for Capote) is undeniable and the source of all this speculation.