The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places is an anthology of works by American author Truman Capote.

[1] The work is largely retrospective look at Truman Capote's life spanning the time frame from 1942 to 1972.

The title, inspired by the author André Gide is taken from an Arab proverb: "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on."

Though large and covering a long period of time, this book is innocent of political or social opinions of any sort; if Capote has any, he has always kept them out of his writing; and there is a certain shallowness to the collection because of it.

It bulges, however, with sharp, subtle observations of people, fascinating reminiscences and travel jottings, wonderful sketches, anecdotes and yarns, and, among other things, the most frightening horror story you've ever heard.