In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, published by Random House Publishing Group on February 19, 2013, is a reprint edition comprising 416 pages. This book presents an in-depth narrative of the tragic events surrounding the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, who were murdered in 1959. Capote’s work is noted for its meticulous research and atmospheric storytelling, marking a significant contribution to the genre of true crime and journalism.
Readers will find a detailed exploration of the lives of both the victims and their killers, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith. The narrative alternates between the Clutter household and the unfolding actions of Smith and Hickock, providing a comprehensive view of the investigation and the psychological complexities of the characters involved. This edition invites readers to engage with themes of murder and criminology, offering insights into the darker aspects of human nature and societal response.
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote—also available are Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Other Voices, Other Rooms (in one volume), Portraits and Observations, and The Complete Stories
Truman Capote’s masterpiece, In Cold Blood, created a sensation when it was first published, serially, in The New Yorker in 1965. The intensively researched, atmospheric narrative of the lives of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and of the two men, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, who brutally killed them on the night of November 15, 1959, is the seminal work of the “new journalism.” Perry Smith is one of the great dark characters of American literature, full of contradictory emotions. “I thought he was a very nice gentleman,” he says of Herb Clutter. “Soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat.” Told in chapters that alternate between the Clutter household and the approach of Smith and Hickock in their black Chevrolet, then between the investigation of the case and the killers’ flight, Capote’s account is so detailed that the reader comes to feel almost like a participant in the events.
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