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In Cold Blood

De: Truman Capote
Narrado por: 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.

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Editorial review


By Kat Johnson, Audible Editor

IN COLD BLOOD IS STILL THE GOLD STANDARD IN TRUE CRIME

In Cold Blood was the first true crime book I ever read, and after that, the bar was set. I was a junior in high school and a massive bookworm, though until then I’d read almost exclusively fiction, usually of the Great American Novel variety. For all I knew when I first picked it up, at a thrift shop or take-one/leave-one library where I hunted down cheap books, it WAS fiction, such was the towering reputation of Truman Capote and the breathless description of murder and Americana on the back cover.

Of course, as I now know full well, In Cold Blood is Capote’s 1966 masterpiece of narrative nonfiction—so rich in detail, dialogue, and character that it’s also called a "nonfiction novel"—and the crime it depicts was real, a media sensation in its day. Capote had already published a bestselling debut novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948), and the triumphant novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958) when he went to Holcomb, Kansas with his friend Harper Lee to report on the shocking murders of four members of the popular and prosperous Clutter family, inspired by little more than a brief New York Times article calling it "the case of a psychotic killer." Armed with charm, confidence, and boundless ambition, Capote gained the locals’ trust and soon convinced all the key sources that his story was the one they had to be part of.

Capote was right. Like Serial a half-century later, In Cold Blood ushered in a new kind of true crime storytelling, one that centered both journalistic excellence and the narrative art of fiction. Showcasing Capote’s immaculate prose and intimate access to those involved (particularly convicted killer Perry Smith), the book was an instant success whose reputation has only grown. From its frightening description of the murders—the lonely Clutter farmhouse and open Kansas plain scare me to bits even without the quadruple homicide, thank you—to Capote’s authenticity-soaked regionalisms and atmosphere, In Cold Blood is an entire world as seen through the lens of a crime: the random, senseless violence; the hyper-nuanced portraits of the victims and killers, who lives might have turned out some other way, any other way; the peculiar celebrity of murder; the slow machinations of justice and the horror of death row.

I will never forget that first time reading it, which transported me from my dorm room in Rhode Island to a Kansas farmhouse, then to a claustrophobic prison cell. More recently I discovered the audio version, a legend in its own right thanks to narrator Scott Brick’s pitch-perfect performance, which seamlessly marries Capote’s haunting authorial voice with homespun prairie-isms (I lost count of all the "I don’t rightly know"s). With chilling precision and palpable respect for the material, Brick captivates as the tale gathers momentum. Depending on where you are when you listen, his performance might even be too immersive for comfort.

True crime conveys truths about the world that can be hard to hear. But in Capote’s telling and Brick’s performance, In Cold Blood beats with beauty, humanity, and propulsive storytelling to keep us listening through the darkness and through the decades.

Continue reading Kat's review >

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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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Truman Capote accomplishes something timeless and truly valuable with "In Cold Blood." From the very beginning, he paints every character, no matter how minor with loving attention. His story telling makes what could have been just another crime documentary into a tragic tale of humanity. The innocent, the despicable, the strong, the weak, and the forgotten all have their moments in the reader's sun. This book entertains and it educates. It does not form opinions. In fact "In Cold Blood" raises more questions then it answers. The narration is also excellent.

No Regrets

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The book that re-defined crime books. Amazing detail, beautifully written. Personally, I found the detatched narrative a little tiring after a while.

A Classic

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I've been going back to some more "modern" true crime books (e.g. Helter Skelter, I'll be Gone in the Dark, etc), and I often take for granted older true crime books. This is truly a masterpiece that reads like a novel. There is a reason it is often at the top of true crime lists.

Truly a masterpiece

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What a tragic story. Very well told by Scotty. I really felt he got into character... Capote helped by his complete character sketches. I highly recommend this classic novel.

Tragic

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This was an amazing listen and great writing and storytelling.
What is shocking is the killers feel slighted when on death row as if others are to blame for their actions.

Capote wired on this for years and has written a great book

Fascinating story, heart breaking and shocking

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My sister read this book to me when it was first published.It is just as consuming now as it was then!

Still

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Scott Brick does a great job reading, really enjoyed this one. Hope to hear more read by Mr. brick.
Was also interesting to google the characters, to put the murders faces with book made it even better.

Great book

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This is a perfect example of how reading a book is sometimes not quite the equal of hearing it. I read it decades ago, but for whatever reason—whether distractions, or skimming some parts—the meticulous recitation of the narrator fills in a wealth of details, and makes a work like this True Crime trailblazer exponentially more textured and memorable.

Capote never allows himself to lapse into the first person, despite his considerable ego and exhaustive interviews and research (conducted with the assistance of his childhood pal, Harper Lee). Scott Brick’s adoption of an understated prairie drawl is a natural.

The question remains: Is this simple voyeurism? A couple of aimless losers kill a long-forgotten family you didn’t know, for no real reason. Should we treasure the creation of a genre that’s only been outsold since by “Helter Skelter?” Yet it’s also a window into a time and place; an era brought to life with uncommon clarity for its thoroughness and skill—Capote took six years to write it. That he chose a savage crime as the vehicle to reanimate a moment in time may be what most makes it a real contribution to literary art.

Still Chilling After All These Years

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regardless of how long ago a true story like this stays with you. Truman Capote did a tremendous job. So much pain in this world.

true story

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The book just goes on forever. It’s a terribly sad true story. I don’t understand the hype of the book though.

Not really my cup of tea.

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