Truman Capote was ruined when he published his society friends' secrets. Was Answered Prayers worth it?

The new TV series, Feud: Capote vs the Swans tells the story behind Answered Prayers, the never-finished gossip novel that made its author a social pariah. But what was in the book – and was it any good?

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