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May 03, 2014
Michael
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I don't even know where to start. So I will keep it short. WOW. Loved this book.
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Truman Capote's writing was excellent and I'm glad I finally sampled it. The attention to detail and the extensive research that was obviously done combined to make you feel you knew all the major participants in the story. I do feel though that I've read more compelling creative nonfiction. I also can't see the apparent fascination with this particular crime, then or now. I suppose this book was a first of its kind and for that I give it full marks but I guess crime fiction is just not for me.
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