This book is a riveting snapshot of a particular moment in time and a particular set of "beautiful people". The care, thought, obsessiveness, and cash Capote put into staging his spectacle at the Plaza are just unbelievable, and really rather tragic when you realize that his life went completely downhill once it was over. If you enjoy catty gossip about 1960s socialites and movie stars as much as I do, you'll probably like this book.