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We recently watched The Capote Tapes and I knew that I had to read this. I've been a fan of Capote's fiction for years and years, but the violence I knew was contained here always made me shy away. Still, if I'm ever going to read True Crime, it has to be something by Truman Capote. It was disturbing and riveting.
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"Sorrow and profound fatigue are at the heart of Dewey's silence. It had been his ambition to learn 'exactly what happened in the house that night.' Twice now he'd been told, ...more
To Ponder:
"Sorrow and profound fatigue are at the heart of Dewey's silence. It had been his ambition to learn 'exactly what happened in the house that night.' Twice now he'd been told, ...more
I had really high expectations for this because of its classic-ness. In some ways, it was met - the writing was really excellent and impressive. But the actual plot, the story of the crime, was suuuuuch a let down. I expected (and tbh, wanted) something more sensational, intense, mysterious, confounding, etc. It ended up being very straightforward and left me wondering why Capote wrote about it in the first place.
Jun 17, 2016
Janetc
marked it as to-read
Apr 22, 2020
Karen
marked it as to-read
Sep 10, 2021
G.L.
marked it as to-read
