In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

343 pp. Deckled edge. Capote's award-winning True Crime novel follows a cold-blooded murderer. An account of a "true crime". In 1959 four members of the Clutter family were murdered in Holcomb, Kansas. In April of 1965, two men were hanged for the crime. This book was published the same year as the death of the accused.