In Cold Blood

Name: In Cold Blood
Author: Truman Capote

by Truman Capote

Nonfiction novel depicting a real Kansas murder case with journalistic rigor and psychological depth

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Truman Capote

American writer who invented the nonfiction novel with In Cold Blood, his meticulous reconstruction of a Kansas family murder. Breakfast at Tiffany's made him a celebrity; his unfinished Answered Prayers alienated the social world he had cultivated. He is the supreme stylist of American midcentury prose.

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