In Cold Blood - Truman Capote.

It is hard to distnguish this novel as non fiction firstly because of the situations that occurs is shocking an unbelievable but really happened as Capote collected most of his material though police reports , interviews, first hand accounts and visits to the town. And also the way he has written the book , he has made it sound like a piece of fiction, and it is well written in that you are constantly here things from different peoples perspectives and you almost getting a running commentary between the investigation and what the killers(Dick and Perry) where doing during this time. It is a very interesting angle to come from and given when the book was published very contemporary approach too.The book also has quite a dark humour towards both investigators and murders. And the language used is very visual as he describes the people through key characteristics they had especially Perry and Dick,'while he had fewer tattos ... they where even more elaborate-... orange eyed , red fanged , a tiger snarled upon his left biceps; a spitting snake, coiled around a dagger....' (Capote,page30,1965.)

Key notes:

• 4 members of the Clutter family where killed on the 15th November 1959 by Perry Smith and Richard(Dick) Hickock.
• The Family was popular in there local and unknow town Holcomb ,until there murders. Owned River Valley Farm.
•  After the murder took place Perry and Dick fleed to Mexico and after some time there they ran out of money and returned to the states.
• From there they hitchhiked around the American Desert but this was when the man hunt started after them. they tried to steal a car failed first time but succeeded the second. 
• Then they ended up in LA where a policewomen recognised the car numberplate and arrested them. After questioning Dick confessed to murder and Perry flowed. 
• Both out on trial and found guilty of murder and jailed on death row awaiting exhicution.
• During this time Perry tried to stave him self and Dick wrote letters of appeal.
• They where both hung.  

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       Richard Hickock.                           Perry Smith.