In Cold Blood
Truman Capote (1924-1984)
29th September 1997 at Eliane's House
Your comments
I recently purchased this book at a bargain book store and
have read it through, cover to cover in about a day or so.
It lives up to it's hype. At times you can glimpse a sort
of pitiful rage toward Smith. Other wise you just keep reading
nonstop. I'm not a good reviewer of books but I liked it.
I have other books along this line. Non of them as well written
as Truman's writing.
Pete in Texas
I am a girl from India, that vast ocean of people. I'm only
pronouncing the way the world perceives us - '' impoverished,
teeming, spiritual, and fantastic '' ! Funny, as it doesn't
quite sum us. In fact, now there are a billion of us ! Anyway
sorry for the detour, I think we were talking about reading.
Well I've been trying to get my hands on Truman Capote's IN
COLD BLOOD, for some time now, without success. I can't get
it out of my mind, those memories of reading it as a schoolgirl.
Absolutely gripping from word go!
Not just any ol' 'who dun it'. I definitely recommend it
to those who have a fascination for a black read.
I thought that the book was an experience that I'll never
forget because the book was so intense getting toward the
end of it. And I thought that how Capote wrote this novel
was an excellent idea because you got to know the characters
almost as if they were in your own family or like one of your
best friends. So in all I'm overjoyed that I was able to read
this and be able to feel what Capote wanted his readers to
feel and go through.
I have not read anything before or since that has made me
feel so much a part of the story. It was as though I was somehow
participating in the drama.
I read this book 40 years ago, maybe more than once, and
also saw the movie version with "Baretta" (can't
think of the actor's name). The only other writing I've
read by Capote is the short story "A Christmas Memory,"
which is very well written.
Mike
I am a senior in high school in Missouri. I love this book.
I am reading it in my English class. This is one book that
I will purchase for later nights on down the road.
Ashliegh
I found it particularly unnerving how the killers worked
so symbiotically in tandem, one of them clearly being sane
and the other being entirely schizoid but still somehow proud
of his own convoluted morality. This pairing is what caused
the murders. Mr. Capote made me feel more sympathy for Perry
than for Dick,showing us more of the depth and sensitivity
of Perry's character, but I was not sorry they hanged - they
both richly deserved hanging.
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