In Cold Blood: A True Account of Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Modern Library) - Hardcover

Capote, Truman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067960023X ISBN 13: 9780679600237

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1992

Synopsis

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, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this title

Review:

'The American dream turning into the American nightmare ... a remarkable book' --Spectator

About the Author:

Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925 and was raised in various parts of the South, his family spending winters in New Orleans and summers in Alabama and New Georgia. He left school when he was fifteen and subsequently worked for the New Yorker which provided his first - and last - regular job. 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 died in August 1984.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 067960023X
• ISBN 13: 9780679600237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 410