Imprint: Random House Audio
Genre: True Crime - Murder - General
Release Date: June 27, 2006
14 Hours and 30 Minutes
Tags: true crime, crime, murder, kansas, journalism, classic, history, literature, american, classics, 20th century, mystery, american literature, usa, truman capote, biography, capote, america, 1960s, death penalty, thriller, creative nonfiction, non-fiction novel, movie, new journalism, 1950s, psychology, death, reportage, adult
The most famous true crime novel of all time and one of the first non-fiction novels ever written; In Cold Blood is the bestseller that haunted its author long after he finished writing it.
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.
As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.
