In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
I finally snagged a copy courtesy of Fully booked at gateway mall, by far the best bookstore in the country..Truman Capote's masterpiece about the true killings of a family in a small town in Kansas.
Capote read an article depicting the killings, became interested, went down there to dig further into the crime.
the result is "best true-crime novel you ever couldn't put down"
Capote wrote it in chapters
1 is "the last one to see them alive"
in here he depicts the Clutter family as how they are perceived in their community, the father is a rancher, well respected in a town where no ones bother to locked up their doors, his wife who had some bouts with depression or mental illness, the Clutters have 3 daughters and a son...most prominent of whom is the youngest daughter Nancy...
reading this chapter makes you much closer to the Clutters, makes you think they are one of your next door neighbors, and the fate that awaits them makes it more shocking and profound.
2: is persons unknown
tells the story of the people who would be involved in the massacre, a clear and valid look at the world of the would be killers, its a fine read, keeps you magnetize, it will make you double check the door before you sleep, make sure it is locked...
3. is the answer here Capote vividly details the crime itself, the reasons based on the important files and interviews he had with the investigators, witnesses and clues gather on the crime scene.
4.was a detailed description of the investigation...
i hope i never spoiled anything, if you want to read a great crime novel, this one is for you...not for the fainthearted though...
In Cold Blood will remain one of literature's finest gifts to all of us...i had a great time reading it, as harrowing is the subject or the story, its one hell of a ride, makes me sick of the world, the violence, also makes me understand the deepest depth a human soul can venture into...
no one is safe...lock your doors before you sleep...
here are some of the review of Truman Capote's "In cold blood"
"one of the stupendous books of the decade" - sunday express
"the best example of the new journalism" - tom wolfe
"this book has not dated one iota and is a must for every self respecting reader and would be writer" - Cris Sullivan ( LOADED )
Capote read an article depicting the killings, became interested, went down there to dig further into the crime.
the result is "best true-crime novel you ever couldn't put down"
Capote wrote it in chapters
1 is "the last one to see them alive"
in here he depicts the Clutter family as how they are perceived in their community, the father is a rancher, well respected in a town where no ones bother to locked up their doors, his wife who had some bouts with depression or mental illness, the Clutters have 3 daughters and a son...most prominent of whom is the youngest daughter Nancy...
reading this chapter makes you much closer to the Clutters, makes you think they are one of your next door neighbors, and the fate that awaits them makes it more shocking and profound.
2: is persons unknown
tells the story of the people who would be involved in the massacre, a clear and valid look at the world of the would be killers, its a fine read, keeps you magnetize, it will make you double check the door before you sleep, make sure it is locked...
3. is the answer here Capote vividly details the crime itself, the reasons based on the important files and interviews he had with the investigators, witnesses and clues gather on the crime scene.
4.was a detailed description of the investigation...
i hope i never spoiled anything, if you want to read a great crime novel, this one is for you...not for the fainthearted though...
In Cold Blood will remain one of literature's finest gifts to all of us...i had a great time reading it, as harrowing is the subject or the story, its one hell of a ride, makes me sick of the world, the violence, also makes me understand the deepest depth a human soul can venture into...
no one is safe...lock your doors before you sleep...
here are some of the review of Truman Capote's "In cold blood"
"one of the stupendous books of the decade" - sunday express
"the best example of the new journalism" - tom wolfe
"this book has not dated one iota and is a must for every self respecting reader and would be writer" - Cris Sullivan ( LOADED )
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