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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. Americas Murder Social Sciences State & Local True Crime United States Crime Exciting Scary Fiction
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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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Scott Brick becomes almost indistinguishable from, at one with, the text - so good is his reading of this text. I think that this audiobook will take some beating. As for Capote's text - stunning literary art at its very best. Who would have thought that a story where the subject matter and ending are already known to the 'reader' could be so gripping? But it is. Of course it works at many levels... you become the omniscient being, fully informed with the detailed facts, able to make the final, informed, judgment on this matter.

Highly thought provoking.

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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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The book is obviously a classic of its kind, but the narrator is perhaps the best I have ever listened to. And I have listened to a lot.

Exceptional performance

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Fascinating true story. Focuses on both the victims and the perpetrators. Not exactly enjoyable and left me with a sense of helplessness on behalf of the victims and their fate.

Bad things happen to good people

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Great performance but the dialogue was spoken much more slowly than the narration which was somewhat distracting.

Good

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