In Cold Blood: A True Account Of A Multiple Murder And Its Consequences
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket visible — cloth/board in good condition with some age toning. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanned pages consistent with age. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure. Stickers/labels: None.
A landmark of American non-fiction literature, In Cold Blood chronicles the brutal 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, and the subsequent investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the two killers responsible. Truman Capote spent six years researching and writing this groundbreaking work, conducting hundreds of interviews with townsfolk, law enforcement, and the convicted murderers themselves — Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. The result is a narrative so meticulously constructed and cinematically vivid that it effectively invented the genre of the non-fiction novel, blurring the line between journalism and literary art. Written with unflinching clarity and a deeply empathetic yet objective tone, it presents a haunting portrait of mid-century America, the psychology of violence, and the moral complexities of capital punishment. Decades after its 1966 publication, it remains one of the most compelling and consequential works of true crime ever written.
Author: Truman Capote
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, Hamish Hamilton
Genre: True crime
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket visible — cloth/board in good condition with some age toning. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanned pages consistent with age. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure. Stickers/labels: None.
A landmark of American non-fiction literature, In Cold Blood chronicles the brutal 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, and the subsequent investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the two killers responsible. Truman Capote spent six years researching and writing this groundbreaking work, conducting hundreds of interviews with townsfolk, law enforcement, and the convicted murderers themselves — Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. The result is a narrative so meticulously constructed and cinematically vivid that it effectively invented the genre of the non-fiction novel, blurring the line between journalism and literary art. Written with unflinching clarity and a deeply empathetic yet objective tone, it presents a haunting portrait of mid-century America, the psychology of violence, and the moral complexities of capital punishment. Decades after its 1966 publication, it remains one of the most compelling and consequential works of true crime ever written.