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Quick view In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote With the publication of this book, Capote permanently ripped through the barrier separating crime reportage from serious literature. As he reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and... View Details
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