Denham Fouts: The Best-Kept Boy in the World

Truman Capote once joked that if Denham Fouts had accepted Adolf Hitler's advances, the Second World War might never have happened. It's the kind of outrageous claim that sums up Fouts perfectly: a man who left behind almost nothing of his own making, and yet somehow ended up at the centre of some of the twentieth century's most extraordinary company. He never published a novel, painted a canvas or held a job for more than a few months. Instead, he became a muse to Capote, Christopher...