Cold-blooded murder
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Cold-blooded murder
4.99 €
Truman Capote, the author of such bestsellers as Breakfast at Tiffany's (a novella made famous by the 1961 film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn), Voices in the Grass, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Ghosts in the Sunlight and others, is one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
Many consider Capote's most significant work to be the novel In Cold Blood, based on a true crime story and revealing the nature of violence as a complex social and psychological phenomenon. Capote's book, which instantly became a bestseller, gave birth to a special genre of "reportage novel" and paved the way for the prose of Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe.
The balanced and unbiased author's position, the brilliant precision of style, and the polyphonic imagery made Capote's novel a model of documentary fiction; In Cold Blood was ranked 84th in The Guardian's list of the 100 best books of the 20th century. Richard Brooks's film adaptation of the same name, released immediately after Capote's novel was published, was nominated for four Oscars.
Many consider Capote's most significant work to be the novel In Cold Blood, based on a true crime story and revealing the nature of violence as a complex social and psychological phenomenon. Capote's book, which instantly became a bestseller, gave birth to a special genre of "reportage novel" and paved the way for the prose of Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe.
The balanced and unbiased author's position, the brilliant precision of style, and the polyphonic imagery made Capote's novel a model of documentary fiction; In Cold Blood was ranked 84th in The Guardian's list of the 100 best books of the 20th century. Richard Brooks's film adaptation of the same name, released immediately after Capote's novel was published, was nominated for four Oscars.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The Big Book