[DOC] [TLE] The Story Behind a Nonfiction Novel - The New York Times [PAR] n Cold Blood" is remarkable for its objectivity--nowhere, despite his ... Such 
writers say in effect: Why should we trouble with factual writing when we're able 
to .... If you intend to spend three or four or five years with a book, as I planned to 
do, .... So I told him that the two were the hitchhikers he said he had never given a 
ride... [DOC] [TLE] In Cold Blood: Chapter 4 - CliffsNotes [PAR] Perry befriends the couple, who treat him well, and he acquires the trust and 
affection ... Perry says that after the killings the two men couldn't stop laughing, 
that they felt ... He is given the reward, but at the time of the book's writing, he is 
again ... The two men arrive at death row, where they are to stay for a total of five 
years. [DOC] [TLE] In Cold Blood : Book Summary - CliffsNotes [PAR] In Cold Blood tells the true story of the murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, 
Kansas, in 1959. ... In Cold Blood took six years for Capote to research and write, 
and it took an ... In Cold Blood is said to have been his undoing. ... he began his 
work in Kansas, interviewing the people of Holcomb and doing extensive 
research... [DOC] [TLE] Perry Smith in In Cold Blood - Shmoop [PAR] Everything you ever wanted to know about Perry Smith in In Cold Blood, written 
by ... His childhood traumas have left him with some childlike behaviorshe still 
wets ... started brutally beating his mother, who took to drinking and promiscuity. 
... for the next four years up until the time of the murders, he leads a vagabond life
,... [DOC] [TLE] In Cold Blood - Wikipedia [PAR] In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first 
published in 1966; .... After five years on death row at the Kansas State 
Penitentiary (now known as Lansing .... Alvin Dewey, Jr., the lead investigator 
portrayed in In Cold Blood, later said that the last scene, in which he visits the 
Clutters' graves, was... [DOC] [TLE] Truman Capote and the World He Made - Meanjin [PAR] In Cold Blood has been adapted for film twice, and the writing of the book has ... 
has said he tried to imitate Capote's opening description of Holcomb that is 'so .... 
to check countless details with him over the years Capote took to write the book. 
.... There are, however, five issues arising in the writing phase of In Cold Blood:... [DOC] [TLE] Writing history: Capote's novel has lasting effect on journalism ... [PAR] Apr 3, 2005 ... Madeleine Blais teaches Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" in journalism ... The 
book took the form of a novel, featuring set scenes, characters, ... a Treat," he said 
that the five years he spent on "In Cold Blood" taxed him more... [DOC] [TLE] In Cold Blood - Truman Capote [PAR] In Cold Blood .... standing just under five feet ten, Mr. Clutter cut a man's-man 
figure. ... well, remembering all her lines, and looking, as he had said to her in the 
course of .... year he married Bonnie Fox and moved with her from their home 
town of Rozel, ... Typically, it took him just seven months to be promoted; that is, 
to. [DOC] [TLE] Truman Capote | About the Author | American Masters | PBS [PAR] Jul 28, 2006 ... Within a few years he was writing regularly for an assortment of ... His short novel, 
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), took much of its ... Of In Cold Blood, Capote said, 
This book was an important event ... him into a spiral of drug and alcohol use, 
during which time he wrote .... In Cold Blood took 5 years to write. [DOC] [TLE] LURID: In Cold Blood - The Art of Murder | LitReactor [PAR] Nov 15, 2012 ... James M. Cain knew it when he took the details

Question: He said it took him "Five years to write 'In Cold Bloo
Answer: Truman Capote