In Cold Blood, the famous and revolutionary book of the 'non-fiction novel' genre. Capote uses this style to create the masterpiece of a book. He has interviewed murderers of a prominent family in a small town in Kansas, with no enemies. He chronicles their many mishaps and thoughts throughout their vicious killings and even instills within the reader a sympathy for these killers. Through his creative and descriptive prose, the reader can truly put themselves in the place of the main characters of Perry Smith and Dick Hickock. This recounting places you in the thought and exact situations and peril of the two, accomplishing this will flying colors. I recommend this book to any and all, even those who do not enjoy non-fiction typically. The book even questions my thinking in the death penalty, which in my mind shows its true power and achievement in literature.
9/10.
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