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

Capote, Truman2000
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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.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2000.
Collation:
316 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1965; London : Hamish Hamilton, 1966.
ISBN:
01411825719780141182575 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.152309781364.152309781364.1523364364.152
Local class:
364.152364.1523364.15FFictionAFBC
Language:
English
BRN:
427395
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