Truman capote books cold blood

1966 novel by Truman Capote

This article is about the book by Truman Capote.

Truman capote books cold blood series

For the film adaptation, see In Cold Blood (film). For the TV miniseries, see In Cold Blood (miniseries). For other uses, see In Cold Blood (disambiguation).

In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel^[1] by the American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966.

It details the 1959 Clutter family murders in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.

Truman capote books cold blood

Capote learned of the quadruple murder before the killers were captured, and he traveled to Kansas to write about the crime. He was accompanied by his childhood friend and fellow author Harper Lee, and they interviewed residents and investigators assigned to the case and took thousands of pages of notes.

The killers, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, were arrested six weeks after the murders and later executed by the state of Kansas. Capote ultimately spent six years working on the book.

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