The chilling true crime 'non-fiction novel' that made Truman Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative published in Penguin Modern Classics.

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.

Left in my garage and collected by Camperfan to take home to the Netherlands.

*****

Happy travels! Don't forget to write home every now and then, little book!

This boek is part of the following Dutch challenges:
366/366 2016 van Aaltsje
Juli 1001 boekenlijst van Inge 1990

For me, the print is to small.

On a bench at the entrance to the trains.