In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Penguin Modern Classics): Review

Quick and easy read, though not particularly stimulating or enjoyable...

Review

In Cold Blood’s sole strength (in my opinion, of course) is it’s power to reveal the human side of 2 men who killed an entire family for no real reason at all. A testimony to the idea that criminals are no different to a “normal person” and that anyone could become a brutal murderer.
Otherwise I didn’t find much to shout about, but as it is quick and easy there’s nothing to loose in reading it.

Quality of Content

Capote’s enjoyment of word-for-word accounts of the past made me doubt the credibility of his writing. Whilst it does bring the story to life, I found it disturbing to think that such a serious chain of events may have fallen victim to poetic license.