Cornelia Guest, Truman Capote's last swan: “He was desperate to write and did not consider the consequences” “uman didn't reveal anything about my mother in Answered Prayers for one simple reason: she didn't tell him anything,” explains Cornelia Guest. “I've met a lot of people, but they always ask me about Truman.

For me he was a good friend of my family, a wonderful friend,’ she says from her home in Dallas.