In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Vintage International) - Softcover

Capote, Truman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679745580 ISBN 13: 9780679745587

Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1994

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Texto en inglés. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Como nuevo. 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

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"A masterpiece . . . a spellbinding work." --Life

"A remarkable, tensely exciting, superbly written 'true account.' " --The New York Times

"The best documentary account of an American crime ever written. . . . The book chills the blood and exercises the intelligence . . . harrowing." --The New York Review of Books

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National Bestseller 

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.

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• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0679745580
• ISBN 13: 9780679745587
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368