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It was the last book he ever wrote. He needed them to die after 5 years on death row to finish the book. He developed a relationship with Smith. He was in Holcomb for much of the investigation, trial and sentencing. All these facts that I know about the writing of this book made reading it much richer. Well written? Yes. It is hard to understand and always appreciate the perfection of Capote’s sentences and word choice throughout. Enjoyable? Hard to say. I think that maybe it was different when
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Recommended by Chris. I got to about page 130 or so and just couldn't read anymore. I felt like I had to MAKE myself read this. It's not that it was a boring or 'bad' book, it just didn't hold and keep me interested.
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My son had to read this book for school so I decided to read it as well. A very interesting, thought provoking read. What made them do the things they did?
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it was amazing
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