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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
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Start date
November 1, 2016
Finish date
November 30, 2016
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November 2016 New School Group Read

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Andrea
Mar 15, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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A very detailed account of the gruesome murders of the four members of Clutter family back in 1959. A very gripping and graphic narrative at first unfortunately turned a little dragged out by the time the motive was revealed in the middle of the book. Capote was so meticulous and detailed in his work, that it took a little away from my overall enjoyment of his art. It was hard to read the analysis and the attempts of humanizing these two perpetrators, so maybe that was a bit too much for me. But ...more
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Ray
Mar 31, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Very, very well written. Awful and sad!!
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The first "reality TV" novel! Well written and coldly observed. ...more
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