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I saw yesterday a second hand book entitled De Sang- Froid (In Cold Blood), by Truman Capote, French translation published by Gallimard. It is about a murder case. Did anyone read it? Is it an interesting reading?

Ah what an ignorant I am! I made a reserch online: I didn't know that this book has been so famous. I should have bought it yesterday!

Franz wrote:I saw yesterday a second hand book entitled De Sang- Froid (In Cold Blood), by Truman Capote, French translation published by Gallimard. It is about a murder case. Did anyone read it? Is it an interesting reading?

Franz, it is one of the absolute classics of American literature; surely in the top 20 books ever written in the United States.

An extremely famous book.

How it reads in French, though, hard to guess. I believe Capote spoke French, so it may translate well.

(There's no real mystery involved; the case was essentially self-solving...)

Thank you Taosjohn, I will try to find an English copy.

Franz wrote:I saw yesterday a second hand book entitled De Sang- Froid (In Cold Blood), by Truman Capote, French translation published by Gallimard. It is about a murder case. Did anyone read it? Is it an interesting reading?

I think I've heard about it but never read it, either.

Okay, I just put it on hold at the library.

I've not read it. Wasn't a film made of the book in the 1960's? I seem to remember seeing something years ago that might have been it.

Curryong wrote:I've not read it. Wasn't a film made of the book in the 1960's? I seem to remember seeing something years ago that might have been it.

A movie in 1967, a miniseries in the 90's, and a movie about the writing of the book about a decade ago...

There is no mystery to the murders In Cold Blood.

The study here is not the murders but that of Capote himself, and the way Capote handled and reported the case.

As with Lizzie Borden and many who have overly followed the case, Capote became obsessed by the killers Hickcock and Smith.

To those who study true crime, Capote's perspective and study of the case effected him in ways he was not prepared for.

Just picked up a copy of the book at the library. I'll let you know Franz, if I like it or not.

Robert Blake was in the Movie, I saw it back in the 70's it was good. I never read the book.