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

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were viciously murdered by blasts from a shotgun held only inches from their faces. There were almost no clues and no apparent motive for the crime. Five years later, two men were hanged for the crime on a gallows in the Kansas State Penitentiary. In Cold Blood is the story of the lives and death of these six people. The reader is mesmerized with suspense and astonishing empathy as Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers. It is a powerful story of inexorable crime and punishment, even more powerful for underscoring the awareness that it is reality, not literature. It is arguably Truman Capote's masterpiece.

on November 15, 1959, In The Small Town Of Holcomb, Kansas, Four Members Of The Clutter Family Were Savagely Murdered By Blasts From A Shotgun Held A Few Inches From Their Faces. There Was No Apparent Motive For The Crime, And There Were Almost No Clues.

as Truman Capote Reconstructs The Murder And The Investigation That Led To The Capture, Trial, And Execution Of The Killers, He Generates Both Mesmerizing Suspense And Astonishing Empathy. in Cold Blood Is A Work That Transcends Its Moment, Yielding Poignant Insights Into The Nature Of American Violence.

books Of The Century; New York Times Review, January 1966 - Conrad Knickerbocker

there Are Two Truman Capotes. One Is The Artful Charmer, Prone To The Gossamer And The Exquisite, Of The The Grass Harp And Holly Golightly. The Other, Darker And Stronger, Is The Discoverer Of Death. He Has Traveled Far From The Misty, Moss-hung, Southern-gothic Landscapes Of Youth. He Now Broods With The Austerity Of A Greek Or An Elizabethan.

SUMMARY: On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. Five years, four months and twenty-nine days later, on April 14, 1965, Richard Eugene Hickock, aged thirty-three, and Perry Edward Smith, aged thirty-six, were hanged from the crime on a gallows in a warehouse in the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansa. In Cold Blood is the story of the lives and deaths of these six people. It has already been hailed as a masterpiece. This book recreates the slaying of the Clutter family of Kansas, and the capture, trial, and execution of their murderers problems. However, the last seven years have been years of droughtless beneficence.