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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder And Its Consequences

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder And Its Consequences
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Truman Capote
SeriesPenguin Magnum Collection
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreTrue Crime
ISBN/Barcode 9780141043081
ClassificationsDewey:364.1523092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 7 May 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'I thought Mr Clutter was a very nice gentleman . . . I thought so right up to the time I cut his throat.'

Author Biography

Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1924 and was raised in various parts of the south, his family spending winters in New Orleans and summers in Alabama and New Georgia. By the age of fourteen he had already started writing short stories, some of which were published. He left school when he was fifteen and subsequently worked for the New Yorker which provided his first - and last - regular job. Following his spell with the New Yorker, Capote spent two years on a Louisiana farm where he wrote Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). He lived, at one time or another, in Greece, Italy, Africa and the West Indies, and travelled in Russia and the Orient. He is the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories (1949), The Grass Harp (1951), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), In Cold Blood (1965), which immediately became the centre of a storm of controversy on its publication, Music for Chameleons (1980) and Answered Prayers (1986), all of which are published by Penguin. Truman Capote died in August 1984.

Reviews

'The American dream turning into the American nightmare ... a remarkable book' Spectator