In Cold Blood
a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
$32.76
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2009
Summary
In Cold Blood: A Chilling Portrait of American Crime
Controversial and compelling, In Cold Blood reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farmer, his wife, and 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 center of his study are the amoral young killers, Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock, vividly drawn by Capote, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141043081 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141043083 |
| Series: | Penguin Magnum Collection |
| Author: | Truman Capote |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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‘The American dream turning into the American nightmare … a remarkable book’ Spectator
‘The American dream turning into the American nightmare … a remarkable book’ Spectator
About The Author
Truman Capote
Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925 and was raised in various parts of the South, his family spending winters in New Orleans and summers in Alabama and New Georgia. He left school when he was fifteen and subsequently worked for the New Yorker which provided his first - and last - regular job. In 1948 his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, was published to international critical acclaim, assuring Capote a place among the prominent postwar American writers. He died in August 1984.
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