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In cold blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences

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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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Penguin Classics
0141182571 / 9780141182575
Paperback / softback
03/02/2000
United Kingdom
English
335 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Random House, 1965; London: Hamish Hamilton, 1966.