num_pages: 336
description: 15 NOVEMBER 1959The rich and respected Clutter family, Herbert, Bonnie, son Kenyon and daughter Nancy, were brutally murdered in the small village of Holcomb, gunned down by Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. Truman Capote was fascinated by the killings; by the meaningless slaughter, the lack of motive, by the intensive police operation mounted to track the killers and by their incredible testimony. For each man sought to condemn the other with a devastating confession - and started a relentless ride on the wheel of justice. Their inevitable convictions for first degree murder earned them the death penalty. Numerous people - right up to the Supreme Court - followed. But there could be only one outcome. Smith and Hickock were hanged at 'The Corner' in Kansas State Penitentiary. This scene of extreme judicial cruelty haunts Capote today, years after he created his stunning document, a controversial study IN COLD BLOOD.
language: English
title: In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences
titlecomplete: In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences
characters: Perry Edward Smith, Herb Clutter, Kenyon Clutter, Richard Hickock, Nancy Clutter, Bonnie Clutter, Alvin Dewey
genres: Crime, Nonfiction, True Crime, Literature, School, History, Classics, Thriller, Audiobook, Mystery
ratings_count: 637896
places: Kansas, Holcomb, Kansas, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Fact Crime
publisher: Little Brown Paperbacks (a&C)