An accurate and stunningly descriptive retelling of the events surrounding the killing of the Clutter family. We start the novel by meeting the Clutters. We walk around in their world for a day seeing how they interact with and affect those around them. We are reminded that this is their last day. Later, we meet the agents involved with solving the crime. We see their impressions, their feelings, and their game plan regarding the case. Lastly, we meet the offenders. We learn a great deal about them and we are walked through the crime moment by moment.
Capote started writing short stories and when this novel came out he skyrocketed to fame and celebrity. He truly did his work on this one. His interviews must have been incredibly thorough as he provides great imagery in the way people remember the Clutters on their fateful last day alive and the details we learn about the assailants early years.
This book will leave you rattled. You will feel simultaneously appalled at the failures of the legal system and relieved that this failure provided seemingly positive results.
I would be curious to see what Capote's other works are like. Certainly he would try to match the mood of this novel but I wonder how his skills translate in other mediums.
I may pick up another of his writings.
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