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In Cold Blood: The Devastation of an American Dream
On November 14, 1959, two men armed with a shotgun and a knife, raided and killed a family of four. This occurrence resonated the community that lived close by (Knickerbocker 1 of 3). By contrasting the lives of the Clutter family and the lives of the killers, Truman Capote creates a harsh view of America and its increasing violence. Spending over half a decade writing the book, Truman Capote moved to Kansas and followed the end of every thread in the murder of the Clutter family (Knickerbocker 1 of 3). Capote wanted to establish that a truthful account can be as fascinating as the most ingenious thriller (Knickerbocker 1 of 3). Published in 1965, the book is a complete and exact interpretation of a middle-American town and the two vagabonds who eradicated the existence of one of the nation's finest families (Levitov 1 of 3).
The characters in the book include the murderers, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock,......

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