Book :: In Cold Blood

By:	Truman Capote
Pages:	343
Published:	1965
Genre(s):	Crime
	History
	Mystery
Rating:	(12)

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With the publication of this book, Capote permanently ripped through the barrier separating crime reportage from serious literature. As he reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote generates suspense and empathy.

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Tipperj

Sep 25th, 2024

Polilla-Lynn

Wow. This is the true story of the senseless, gruesome murder of a family in the 1950's. Very well written and performed.

Feb 17th, 2020

forline

Read this on an Alaskan cruise....blown away!!!!

Jan 5th, 2018

amessina3399

Jan 12th, 2017

laros76

Jun 18th, 2015

Trappalapp

Feb 5th, 2015

Caro60

There is something beautiful in Capote's writing that takes a simple newspaper article about the horrific killing of four members of a family and turns it into a truly mesmerising book. Whilst you can never excuse Perry or Dick for the murders, you somehow learn to understand something more of who these people are and they become a little less inhuman.

Dec 7th, 2014