内容简介
Thedetachedyetpenetratingaccountofthesavageandsenselessmurderofafamily.OnNovember15,1959,inthesmalltownofHolcomb,Kansas,fourmembersoftheClutterfamilyweresavagelymurderedbyblastsfromashotgunheldafewinchesfromtheirfaces.Therewasnoapparentmotiveforthecrime,andtherewerealmostnoclues.AsTrumanCapotereconstructsthemurderandtheinvestigationthatledtothecapture,trial,andexecutionofthekillers,hegeneratesbothmesmerizingsuspenseandastonishingempathy.InColdBloodisaworkthattranscendsitsmoment,yieldingpoignantinsightsintothenatureofAmericanviolence.
作者简介
TrumanCapotewasborninNewOrleansin1925andwasraisedinvariouspartsoftheSouth,hisfamilyspendingwintersinNewOrleansandsummersinAlabamaandNewGeorgia.HeleftschoolwhenhewasfifteenandsubsequentlyworkedfortheNewYorkerwhichprovidedhisfirst-andlast-regularjob.In1948hisfirstnovel,OtherVoices,OtherRooms,waspublishedtointernationalcriticalacclaim,assuringCapoteaplaceamongtheprominentpostwarAmericanwriters.HediedinAugust1984.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.