In Cold Blood

Without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read. Engrossing, compelling, and expertly written, Capote completely engulfs the reader into the world of the two killers, the innocent family they killed, and the town that lived through it. At some points I couldn't put the book down. A definite masterpiece and classic.

This book was received before the cut off date. It came in good condition and I would do business again with this person.

After seeing the movie, "Capote", I knew I had to read Truman Capote's book "In Cold Blood", a book I never before had the desire to read. I was struck by the almost unpeakable saddness bordering on rage that I felt over the wanton and utterly senseless murder ot the Clutter family. It is a deeply affecting book, so much so that it interrupted my sleep more than a few nights!

Having read the book and viewed the two recent films on the subject, I can certainly understand why "In Cold Blood" was the last book Capote ever wrote. He burned himself out having become so emotionally involved that the whole thing consumed him.

The author, Truman Capote, created a new genre of novel with this account of a true crime... The novel is expertly set up with a suspense you might not think could exist. He sets it up artfully by writing that a murder has been committed, and then tracing the backgrounds, and the paths of the killers up to the night of the murder itself, so that the details of the multiple homicide are the climax of the book... Like a Shakespearean drama, there's a "fifth act" of some resolution regarding the fates of the killers and some of the Clutter family friends. I think that this is the author's best book ever. It's full of hope and sadness, good and evil, and it never fails to scrutinize and explore the spaces between two extremes. For more of Truman Capote I suggest The Complete Stories of Truman Capote

yep, this book is deserving of all the accolades heaped on it since it was published. meticulously researched, masterfully structured and written so that it enters your brain like a narcotic directly into a vein. i started reading this late one night and read for hours. whether you care for true crime genre or have any interest in the crime depicted, you are hooked from the first sentence and can't disengage until you ingest the last perfectly written sentence...wow!