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In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by the American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 Clutter family murders in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas, who were murdered by home intruders during a failed home invasion.

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Author
Truman Capote
Genre
Nonfiction/literature
Publication date
January 17, 1966 (see Publication section for more information)
Publisher
Random House
Cover artist
S. Neil Fujita
Dewey Decimal
364.1/523/0978144 20

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Crime

Investigation and trial

Coverage and public discussion

Capote's research

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Publication

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In Cold Blood

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In Cold Blood

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related to Adaptations · 40
In Cold Blood → Academy Award, Academy Awards, Alvin Dewey, Babe Paley, Bennett Miller, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Capote, Capote's, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr, Dan Futterman, Daniel Craig, Douglas McGrath, Harper Lee
related to Coverage and public discussion · 18
In Cold Blood → Americans, Capote, Due, During, Hickock, Inspired, It, January, Kansas, On, Senate, Smith, Smith's, The, The Killers, The New Yorker, Time, Truman Capote
related to External links · 16
In Cold Blood → Abstract, Answers, Legacy, October, Part, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Persons Unknown, Photos Archived February, See Them Alive, September, The Corner, The Last, The New Yorker, Wayback MachinePhotos
related to Veracity · 12
In Cold Blood → Capote, Esquire, Finney County Undersheriff Wendle, However, Jack Olsen, Josephine Meier, Kansas, Meier, Phillip, Smith, Tompkins, True-crime
related to Publication · 9
In Cold Blood → After Capote, January, Kansas, Neil Fujita, New Yorker, Random House, September, The, The New Yorker
Author · 1
In Cold Blood → Truman Capote
Cover artist · 1
In Cold Blood → S. Neil Fujita
Dewey Decimal · 1
In Cold Blood → 364.1/523/0978144 20
Genre · 1
In Cold Blood → Nonfiction/literature
ISBN · 1
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In Cold BloodAuthorTruman Capote1.00infobox
In Cold BloodCover artistS. Neil Fujita1.00infobox
In Cold BloodDewey Decimal364.1/523/0978144 201.00infobox
In Cold BloodGenreNonfiction/literature1.00infobox
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In Cold BloodLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
In Cold BloodLC ClassHV6533.K3 C3 19941.00infobox
In Cold BloodMedia typePrint (hardback and paperback), e-book, audio-CD1.00infobox
In Cold BloodOCLC287105111.00infobox
In Cold BloodPages343 (paperback edition)1.00infobox
In Cold BloodPublication dateJanuary 17, 1966 (see Publication section for more information)1.00infobox
In Cold BloodPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
In Cold BloodPublisherRandom House1.00infobox
In Cold Bloodis anon-fiction novel by the American author Truman Capote0.90text

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