In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences

Capote, Truman

ISBN 10: 0140274189 / ISBN 13: 9780140274189

Published by Penguin, 1998

About this Item

Condition: (see pics.) The book has been previously carefully read and is in nearly new condition. Synopsis: 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140274189
• ISBN 13: 9780140274189
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classics
  • Crime

About this title

Synopsis

One of the greatest non-fiction novels from one of America's most talented writers.

Agent Al Dewey, of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, has a crime to solve. A horrific crime - the cool slaughter of an entire family of God-fearing farming folk. Blood and hair all over the walls, and only a few dollars missing. All Agent Dewey has are two footprints, four dead bodies and a whole lots of questions, none with easy answers.

Truman Capote's brilliant reconstruction of the events and consequences of the murderous November night in 1959 is a superb and gripping mix of journalistic skill and sheer imaginative power.

About the Author

Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925 and grew up there, and in Alabama. After a regular job at the New Yorker, he published OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS, his first novel, a commercial and critical success. Other novels and short stories followed, including BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1958), until in 1965 he published IN COLD BLOOD to a storm of controversy and yet more critical praise. He died in 1984.