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Book -- Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career , by George Plimpton;
Of the 17 Alexandrians I contacted, five consider themselves acquaintances of Lamar, 10 call themselves friends (including an old roommate, a godmother to his kids, and someone who ate dinner with him the night before), and one is his brother-in-law.
Of course personal acquaintances were not treated in such a cavalier fashion, and he must have accumulated an enormous correspondence, virtually none of which has survived, except for his letters from Sir James Murray, who with great presence of mind, on hearing of my grandfather's death, recovered the letters which he had sent him.
Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career
Obviously, the friends and acquaintances are not contributing simply out of affection.