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In Cold Blood
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  • Published: 1 November 2000
  • ISBN: 9780141182575
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $26.99

In Cold Blood

A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences

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Paperback
12 June 2012
Paperback
1 Sept 2008
Paperback
1 Nov 2000
EBook
9 Oct 2001
Audiobook
3 Jan 2006
Paperback
29 May 2009
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'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'
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Controversial and compelling, In Cold Blood reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. Truman Capote's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved. At the centre of his study are the amoral young killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock, who, vividly drawn by Capote, are shown to be reprehensible yet entirely and frighteningly human.

The book that made Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative.
  • Published: 1 November 2000
  • ISBN: 9780141182575
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $26.99
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About the author

Truman Capote

Truman Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924. In 1948 his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, was published to international critical acclaim, assuring Capote a place among the prominent postwar American writers. He won the O. Henry Memorial Short Story Prize twice and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His other works include Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Grass Harp, and the nonfiction masterpiece In Cold Blood. He died on August 25, 1984.
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