In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences: 26 (Penguin Essentials, 26)

Capote, Truman

ISBN 10: 0241956838 / ISBN 13: 9780241956830

Published by Penguin, 2012

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2012. 1st Edition. paperback. On 15 November 1959, the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, a wealthy farmer, his wife and their two young children were found brutally murdered. Blood all over the walls, the telephone lines cut, and only a few dollars stolen. Heading up the investigation is Agent Al Dewey, but all he has are two footprints, four bodies, and a whole lot of questions. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JJPG; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 198. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences: 26 (Penguin Essentials, 26)
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241956838
• ISBN 13: 9780241956830
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, a wealthy farmer, his wife and their two young children were found brutally murdered. Blood all over the walls, the telephone lines cut, and only a few dollars stolen. Heading up the investigatio

Review

In Cold Blood was a groundbreaking work when released in 1966. With it, author Truman Capote contributed to a style of writing in which the reporter gets so far inside the subject, becomes so familiar, that he projects events and conversations as if he were really there. The style has probably never been accomplished better than in this book. Capote combined painstaking research with a narrative feel to produce one of the most spellbinding stories ever put on the page. Two two-time losers living in a lonely house in western Kansas are out to make the heist of their life, but when things don't go as planned, the robbery turns ugly. From there, the book is a real-life look into murder, prison, and the criminal mind.