And So Does Truman Capote
The series Feud: Truman vs. the Swans might have sparked new interest in writer Truman Capote, but some of us have already been fascinated with him for decades.
In Cold Blood, his 1965 true-crime book about the murders of four members of an all-American farm family, created a new category of literature, the nonfiction novel.
Capote took a quadruple homicide motivated by the greed of two drifters and turned it into a character study that, like a good Forensic Files episode, leaves its audience wanting more. Here’s a compilation of my blog posts related to In Cold Blood and its author:
In Cold Blood: Murders That Live On
An introduction to the book, the genre, and Truman Capote
Slide Show
Curious about how Truman Capote looked as a child? See photos of him as well as the Clutters and their killers.
10 surprises from a Sundance TV documentary
A new feature that’s almost too good to be true.
Alternative Facts
The son of writer Mack Nations says his father wrote a book — from Richard Hickock’s perspective — that Truman Capote suppressed.
The Newest Infusion
The book And Every Word Is True by Gary McAvoy provides hidden evidence and alternative theories related to the Clutter murders.
No Saints in Kansas
A review of a young-adult fiction book based on Nancy Clutter’s life by Amy Brashear, who grew up in Finney County, Kansas and met people who had known the Clutters.
