In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder And Its Consequences (Penguin Magnum Collection)

Capote, Truman

ISBN 10: 0141043083 / ISBN 13: 9780141043081

Published by Penguin, London, 2009

About this Item

2nd printing of this trade paperback re-issued edition. Pp 335. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers - appears unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder And Its Consequences (Penguin Magnum Collection)
• Publisher: Penguin, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141043083
• ISBN 13: 9780141043081
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Later printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • True Crime

About this title

Synopsis

Controversial and compelling, "In Cold Blood" reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and 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.

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.