81, 208, 214, 233, 281; Steve
236 & [n]
Conway not introduced to, 41;
Bemelmans, Ludwig: Dirty Eddie,
C.I. occupies chauffeur’s
140n
apartment, 45; dalmatian dogs,
Bennett, Ronald, 74
49–50; moves to Malibu Road,
Benton Way Group (Los Angeles),
Index
367
xviii–xix, 24n, 197–8
212–15; Albert Herring (opera),
Bergman, Ingrid, 117
144 & [n]
Berkman, Sylvia: Katherine Mansfield,
Brooke, Tim, 81
282n
Brooks, Richard and Mrs., 231–2
Berlin, 133–4n
Brown, Walter see Yogi
Berlin of Sally Bowles, The (C.I.),
Brown, Mrs. Walter see Yogini
284
Brush, Albert, 29
Berns, Walter, 194
Brussels, 93n
Best Years of Our Lives, The (film),
Bry, Doris, 250
67
Buckingham, May, 95n
Bhagavad Gita, 8 & [n], 9, 22
Buckingham, Robert, 83 & n, 86,
Bill see Caskey, William
95n, 148
Bill, George, 24n, 197
Buechner, Frederick: A Long Day’s
Birmingham Hospital, San Fernando
Dying, 225n
Valley, California, 183, 200,
Buenos Aires, 135n, 141
204–5, 219, 230, 236
Bujold, Geneviève, 195
Blanke, Henry, 31 & n, 34
Bunyan, John, xxvii
Bliss, Herbert, 50n
Burczinsky, Hank, 212n
Blunt, Anthony, 93n
Burgess, Guy, 93 & n, 99–100 & n
Bobo, Wallace (Bo), 17–18, 50, 81,
Burns, John Horne: in New York,
227
135, 137; The Gallery, xv & n,
Bogarde, Dirk, 67
137, 140n
Bogart, Humphrey, 126n
Burra, Edward, 124–5
Bok, Ben and Coraclass="underline" marriage, 173
Busch, Wilhelm: Max und Moritz,
Bonaparte, Miss Dicky, 40
26n
Bors, Dr., 205, 230
Bynner, Witter, 253; Journey with
Bowen, Elizabeth: The Death of the
Genius, 253
Heart, 140n; The Heat of the
Day, 225n
Cadmus, Paul, 119, 123, 127,
Bower, Tony, 115n, 119, 123, 139
128[n], 139
Bowles, Pauclass="underline" The Sheltering Sky,
Caffery, Jamie, 125
223–4n
Caldwell, Evelyn see Hooker,
Brackett, Charles, 37
Evelyn
Bradbury, Ray: The Martian
“California Story” (C.I.), 210n
Chronicles, 247, 274n
Cambridge: Forster in, 146
Bradshaw, George, 200, 219
Cambridge University: C.I. studies
Brando, Marlon, 205, 206n, 228,
at, xii
267
Cambus, Bertrand (pseud.), 258–61
Brecht, Bertolt, 81
Camera Work (magazine), 251
Brecht, Stefan, 13–14 & n
Camille’s, Laguna Beach (gay bar),
Brett, Dorothy, 253, 254n
277
Brighton (England), 145
Campbell, Sandy, 127
Britain: 1945 election, 25n
Camus, Albert: Caligula, 175–6n;
Britten, Benjamin: hostility to C.I.,
The Plague, 175–6n; The
69; C.I. meets in England, 92,
Stranger, 140n, 176n
95, 145; and Ian Scott–Kilvert,
Capote, Truman: meets Caskey,
106; at first Aldeburgh festival
xvii, 120; C.I. meets and visits,
(1948), 144–5; in California,
119; C.I. visits at Nantucket
368
Index
with Caskey, 125–7; in
with Fouts, 69–70; occupies
London (1948), 144; Vidal’s
Salka Viertel’s garage
rivalry with, 146; Other Voices,
apartment, 70–1, 73–4;
Other Rooms, 119, 140n
promiscuity, 74–5; affair with
Carpenter, Edward, xx
Keohane, 75; trip to Mexico
Carstairs, Keith (pseud.), 258–9
with C.I., 78–9; and C.I.’s
Carter see Lodge, Carter
departure for England (1947),
Cartier–Bresson, Henri, 65n, 135,
81–2; plans to settle in New
137
York with C.I., 82n; C.I. gives
Cartwright, Rob (pseud.), 50–1
Howard’s semi–precious stone
Cary, Joyce: Herself Surprised, 223n,
to, 96; never meets Mitty
225n; The Moonlight, 140n
Monkhouse, 112; meets C.I.
Caskey, Anne (William’s sister), 129
on return from England (1947),
Caskey, Catherine (William’s
117; in New York with C.I.,
mother), 54–5, 135, 139–40,
117–19, 123–5, 128–35, 138–9;
194–5, 199
pessimism and low self–esteem,
Caskey, William (Bill): relationship
118; travels in South America
with and influence on C.I.,
with C.I., 119, 123, 133, 139,
xv–xvii, xxv, xxvii–xxviii, 20,
141; cooks for Forster in New
34–5, 41–9, 52–6, 59–61, 66,
York, 121; visits Truman
69, 73–5, 79, 117–18, 163,
Capote with C.I., 125–7;
166–7, 175, 182, 193–4, 208,
photographed by Jared French,
241, 278; sense of guilt, xxviii,
128; driving, 131; on Fire
182, 193, 199; Lamkin on,
Island, 138–9; Francophobia,
xxx; C.I. travels with, xxxiv;
142; visits France and England
on de Laval’s seducing, 29n;
with C.I., 142–9; quarrels with
birthday party (1945), 34; affair
Vidal, 143, 146; stays on in
with Gerald Haxton, 37;
New York (1948), 149, 150n,
appearance, 42; social manner,
163; friendship with Tito
42; background, 43; and
Renaldo, 153n; drives from
Hayden Lewis, 43, 48; motor
New York to California, 166;
trip with C.I., 47; entertains
meets Charlton, 167; moves
with C.I., 49–51, 277;
into East Rustic Road with
genealogy, 52n; relations with
C.I., 167; falls asleep at Vernon
parents and sisters, 54–5, 199;
Old’s wedding, 171[n];
sexual activities and
home–building, 171; Menotti
inclinations, 54–6, 59; religious
makes advances to, 173; C.I.’s
beliefs, 55; humor, 59 & n;
difficulties with, 179–83, 197,
self–image, 61; and C.I.’s
210, 250n, 278, 282; uses ouija
surgical operation, 62–3;
board, 184; provides
drinking with Sudhira, 62; and
photographs for The Condor and
C.I.’s visits to The Pits, 64;
the Cows, 188; C.I. considers
photography, 64–5, 69, 71, 74,
leaving, 192–3, 199–200; splits
119, 144, 189, 194, 224, 251;
with C.I., 195; visits
and C.I.’s appreciation of songs,
Stravinskys with C.I., 200–1;
66 & n; and Katherine Anne
visits Birmingham Hospital,
Porter, 68; gives blood to
204; arrested and tried, 209;
accident victim, 69; quarrels
leaves for Florida, 210, 220;
Index
369
household management, 211;
birthday party (1949), 190;
returns from Florida, 233; visits
mother’s death from cancer,
Chaplins with C.I., 234–5; at
196; provokes fight, 213–14;
Sophia Williams’s séance,
meets Britten and Pears,
238–9; visits Long Beach
214–15; and Korean War, 241;
Veterans Hospital, 239; and
stays with Kittredges, 248, 255;
Korean War, 241; offends Bill
Brad Saunders’s love for, 259;
Kennedy, 241–2; and Lennie
and C.I.’s break with Caskey,
Newman, 246, 280; travels to
283
Baja California, 248; leaves
Charpentier (chef), 195
mess at home after party,
Cheltenham (England), 107
256–7; jailed for drunk driving,
Cherry Grove, Fire Island (New
257–8, 271; released from
York), 129
prison, 272; moves to Laguna
Chicago, 149
Beach with C.I., 273–5;
“Chip” (pseud.), 11
painted by Sorel, 277; and
Christopher and His Kind (C.I.), xi,