In cold blood

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If literary true crime is your thing, look no further than Capote's masterpiece In Cold Blood. His deft retelling and psychological investigation into the senseless murders of a humble Kentucky family living on a remote farm digs as much into the killer's psyche as the victims'.

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Rupert Thomson: In Cold Blood, Truman Capote's forensic account of real-life murder in Kansas remains as unsettling as ever

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