immersion

mastery
UK /ɪˈmɜːʃən/ US /ɪˈmɝʒən/noun

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In examining Capote, Clarke follows the course of the precocious writer's life with painstaking attention to gossipy detail. It's an exhaustive roller coaster of a read, a high-tilt immersion into the social swirl and scandal that accompanied most of Capote's adult life.