Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books: In Cold Blood (Hardcover)

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An excellent piece of investigative journalism. Although called the first "non-fiction novel" I don't consider it a novel. To do so would suppose that journalism is objective, it is not, and anyway by most accounts Capote mostly got it right. It's gripping journalism, extremely well researched, a...

from michaelmurphy

Recently re-read this disturbing factional story of unspeakable horror after some thirty-odd years, revisiting the pain of Holcomb, the scene of the tragic, senseless snuffing out of the Clutters. Controversial on its publication due to its blending of fact and fiction, a hybrid composite that ha...

from fionaanne

A fascinating account of a brutal crime told with humanity and gentility. When I got to the end of the book, I wanted to read it again. What I find most fascinating is trying to decide how much of the killers' characterizations were coloured by Capote's personal impressions and how accurate the ...

from GingerbreadMan

I got this after seeing the film Capote a few years back. I've been eyeing it often since, picking it off the shelf and pondering it, but have always chosen something else. I was under the impression that it would be meticulous and somewhat slow-going, and have never quite felt in the mood for do...

from Ray_Cavanaugh

With this book, Capote fuses thorough investigative journalism with first-rate fiction-writing. This is the "non-fiction novel" which Norman Mailer wished he had written. I tend to do everything physically possible in front of the television. Sometimes, if especially compelled, I reach for the mu...