In Cold Blood

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literary journalism nonfiction novel true crime book

In Cold Blood is Truman Capote’s pioneering nonfiction novel that reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas family and is widely credited with helping create the true crime genre.

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In Cold Blood canonical 34
In Cold Blood (1967 film) 8
"In Cold Blood" 4

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instanceOf literary journalism ⓘ
nonfiction novel ⓘ
true crime book ⓘ
author Truman Capote ⓘ
controversy ethical issues in true crime writing ⓘ
questions about factual accuracy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widespread acclaim ⓘ
firstSerializedIn The New Yorker ⓘ
genre new journalism ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
true crime ⓘ
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surface form: In Cold Blood (1967 film)

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surface form: In Cold Blood (1996 television film)
influenced literary nonfiction ⓘ
true crime genre ⓘ
isAboutEventDate 1959-11-15 ⓘ
mainCharacters Alvin Dewey ⓘ
Bonnie Clutter ⓘ
Herb Clutter ⓘ
Nancy Clutter ⓘ
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Nancy Clutter ⓘ
Perry Smith ⓘ
Perry Smith ⓘ
surface form: Richard Hickock
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person omniscient ⓘ
narrativeTechnique novelistic reconstruction of real events ⓘ
notableFor helping establish true crime as a literary genre ⓘ
pioneering nonfiction novel form ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pages 343 ⓘ
placeOfMurder Clutter family farmhouse ⓘ
publicationDate 1966 ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
researchMethod court records ⓘ
extensive interviews ⓘ
police files ⓘ
serializationStartYear 1965 ⓘ
setInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
setInLocation Garden City, Kansas ⓘ
Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
setInYear 1959 ⓘ
subject Clutter family murders ⓘ
capital punishment ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ
murder ⓘ
psychological portrait of killers ⓘ
timeToWrite approximately six years ⓘ

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