In Cold Blood
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary journalism
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nonfiction novel → true crime book → |
| author | Truman Capote → |
| controversy |
ethical issues in true crime writing
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questions about factual accuracy → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| criticalReception | widespread acclaim → |
| firstSerializedIn | The New Yorker → |
| genre |
new journalism
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nonfiction → true crime → |
| hasAdaptation |
In Cold Blood
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surface form: "In Cold Blood (1967 film)"
In Cold Blood →
surface form: "In Cold Blood (1996 television film)"
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| influenced |
literary nonfiction
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true crime genre → |
| isAboutEventDate | 1959-11-15 → |
| mainCharacters |
Alvin Dewey
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Bonnie Clutter → Herb Clutter → Nancy Clutter →
surface form: "Kenyon Clutter"
Nancy Clutter → Perry Smith → Perry Smith →
surface form: "Richard Hickock"
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| mediaType | print → |
| narrativeStyle | third-person omniscient → |
| narrativeTechnique | novelistic reconstruction of real events → |
| notableFor |
helping establish true crime as a literary genre
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pioneering nonfiction novel form → |
| originalLanguage | English → |
| pages | 343 → |
| placeOfMurder | Clutter family farmhouse → |
| publicationDate | 1966 → |
| publisher | Random House → |
| researchMethod |
court records
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extensive interviews → police files → |
| serializationStartYear | 1965 → |
| setInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| setInLocation |
Garden City, Kansas
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Holcomb, Kansas → Kansas → |
| setInYear | 1959 → |
| subject |
Clutter family murders
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capital punishment → criminal investigation → murder → psychological portrait of killers → |
| timeToWrite | approximately six years → |
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this entity surface form: "In Cold Blood (1967 film)"
subject surface form: "Infamous (2006 film)"
this entity surface form: "In Cold Blood (1967 film)"
this entity surface form: "In Cold Blood (1996 television film)"
subject surface form: "Capote (film)"