Capote (Truman) In Cold Blood.
£150
A true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1966.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Considered by many to be the prototypical true crime novel, In Cold Blood details the 1959 Clutter family murders in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas; Capote learned of the quadruple murder before the killers were captured, and spent six years working on the book, which he described as a “non-fiction novel.”
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A very good copy; jacket slightly rubbed at edges with minor chipping to corners, but otherwise very good.
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