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Photos: Joanne Carson’s unpublished memoir has that Capote touch

Ed Rada, left, managing director of the Center Theatre Group, and Steve Soboroff, L.A. Police Commission president, look over a manuscript written by Joanne Carson and heavily edited by Truman Capote. The famed writer, a close friend of Carson's, died in her home in 1984.

Ed Rada, left, managing director of the Center Theatre Group, and Steve Soboroff, L.A. Police Commission president, look over a manuscript written by Joanne Carson and heavily edited by Truman Capote. The famed writer, a close friend of Carson’s, died in her home in 1984.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

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Joanne Carson is perfectly content to give Truman Capote credit for writing the most beautiful moment of her never-finished memoir, a passage about falling in love with the man who would become king of late-night television.

Joanne Carson's Capote-edited memoir

Joanne Carson is hoping to find a buyer for her unpublished, never-completed memoir, which features Truman Capote’s editing marks.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Joanne Carson's Capote-edited memoir

Page 1 of the manuscript that was written by Joanne Carson and edited by Truman Capote.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Joanne Carson's Capote-edited memoir

Page 22 of Joanne Carson’s typed 40-year-old memoir chapter shows the heavy editing strokes of her pal and houseguest, the esteemed writer Truman Capote.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Joanne Carson's Capote-edited memoir

Page 38 of the manuscript written by Joanne Carson and edited by Truman Capote. “The book was Truman’s brilliant idea,” says Carson.

  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

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