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In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by the American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 Clutter family murders in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas, who were murdered by home intruders during a failed home invasion.
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Vivek’s Notes
Capote is often credited with the concept of the non-fiction novel, writing about actual events in the form of a novel. Here he revisited murders committed in 1959.
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