In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
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“If you just want to forget about the future and lose yourself in the book that forever changed how narrative nonfiction is written, read In Cold Blood. | My favorite Truman Capote book is During Cold Blood. #blumenthalisms | Truman Capote's best book. It's a really, really good book.”
Source →“If you just want to forget about the future and lose yourself in the book that forever changed how narrative nonfiction is written, read In Cold Blood. | My favorite Truman Capote book is During Cold Blood. #blumenthalisms | Truman Capote's best book. It's a really, really good book.”
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Criminology, Investigative Journalism, and Murder Mystery.
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, ...
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Criminology, Investigative Journalism, and Murder Mystery.
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“If you just want to forget about the future and lose yourself in the book that forever changed how narrative nonfiction is written, read In Cold Blood. | My favorite Truman Capote book is During Cold Blood. #blumenthalisms | Truman Capote's best book. It's a really, really good book.”
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