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During research for his non-fiction novel In Cold BloodTruman Capote and Perry Smith, one of the murderers, developed an intimate friendship. In this letter, Capote writes to cheer Smith up and to offer his views on religion.

Nelle is in the hospital, the result of a serious kitchen accident. She burned herself very badly, especially her right hand.

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It seems some sort of pan caught fire and exploded—all that at her home in Alabama. You ask about my religious beliefs. At one time I was very interested in Oriental religions, and felt, and still somewhat feel, that it might be possible for me to accept Buddhism, perhaps because it is really more a [unclear] than a religion.

Only Catholicism can be taken seriously, with the sense that it gives adherents a personal sense of identity with [unclear] GOD, and offers genuine consolation when they fail to achieve it by way of confessional.