In Cold Blood
Truman Capote (1924-1984)
29th September 1997 at Eliane's House
Synopsis
On a November night in 1959 a wealthy Kansas farmer, his
wife and their two teenage children were shot and killed.
The two young men who had murdered them were eventually hanged
for the crime. In the six-year interim, Truman Capote researched
and wrote In Cold Blood, an investigative classic which
raises as many compelling and horrifying questions as it answers.
First line
The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat
plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans
call 'out there'.
Published reviews
It is the American dream turning into the American nightmare
... By juxtaposing and dovetailing the lives and values of
the Clutters and those of the killers, Capote produces a stark
image of the deep doubleness of American life ... a remarkable
book.
Tony Tanner in The Spectator
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