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In Cold Blood

By: Truman Capote
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he finished writing it.

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.

In one of the first non-fiction novels ever written, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, generating 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.

©1965 Truman Capote (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc. Murder True Crime Crime Exciting Scary Fiction

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"The resulting chronicle is a masterpiece, agonizing, terrible, possessed, proof that the times, so surfeited with disasters, are still capable of tragedy." ( The New York Times Book Review)
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Wonderful crafted account. A masterpiece. Narrator was excellent. Always wanted to read this and it certainly lived up to all my expectations.

Superb Writing at its very best.

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What a well-told, gripping story! Great narrator, does justice to the gravity of the story.

Gripping

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Capote poetically charts the convergence of the lives of both the victims and the perpetrators.

Incredibly well-written and researched true crime

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Despite the case being 60 years old and the original book written over 50 years ago, this stands the test of time. A really well written, well balanced story that doesn’t, in my opinion, feel like a story written so long ago. It is helped by a really excellent narrator. I would recommend this to anyone liking true crime.

Stands the test of time

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Hearing Truman Capote's great work brought to life and listening to its being read, is superb.
Scott Bricks performance is excellent with the 'southern drawl' accent enriching the story.

This was a unique work at the time and Capote engages you and your attention never wavers. It makes you think deeply about the dreadful act of the murder of the Clutter family and equally of
the act of capital punishment.

An outstanding work so brilliantly performed.

Truman Capote's Great Work Brought To Life

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A dissection of the lives of the victims and perpetrators of a quadruple homicide that raises questions about morality, responsibility, fate and justice. It is an exploration of the American midwest and the American dream.

Great literature

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Beautifully written. Deserved of its masterpiece title. The narration was perfect. Well done all involved in this audible edition

Capote’s Masterpiece

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OK, so I am 77, retired and now reading for pleasure, exploring new ground. Classics, Crime, comedy, anything that grabs me but particularly exploring authors I have not ever tried. This, my first book by Truman Capote, has held me bound to the suspense, true, but also to the style of writing, description, vocabulary narration all to class. A fantastic analysis of a true grim crime and all that fed into the mindset of the perpetrators through their short lives, people with nothing left to lose.
This has exercised my mind and my thinking in so many direction. I look forward to finding more of Capote’s work.

Exploring new grounds

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As good as an audio book can be. Hugely enhanced by the superb narration. We'll done, everyone!

Simply the best.

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this is a tragic story, but expertly written, it gives a 360 degree view of a horrible murder, not in an sensationalist way, it seeks to tell the story from all angles and succeeds in every aspect, not sympathising with the murders just simply telling their story and gives the victims their story too, as do the investigators, the town folk, everyone is accounted for, this is a masterpiece I would highly recommend it

engrossing

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