One of the most controversial American authors of the twentieth century, Truman Capote is best known as the author of "In Cold Blood" (1966), a work of literary journalism that recounts the slaughter of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. But he also wrote numerous short stories, dozens of nonfiction pieces for popular magazines, several other novels, and some works for Hollywood and Broadway. Unlike "In Cold Blood, " many of his earlier works were criticized for their focus on character at a time when other writers were using fiction to explore historical events and social and...
One of the most controversial American authors of the twentieth century, Truman Capote is best known as the author of "In Cold Blood" (1966), a wor...
