In Cold Blood

This is a work of narrative nonfiction about the killing of a farming family in a small Kansas town in 1959. Capote spent years researching it, speaking with townspeople, investigators and the two men who were arrested. He tells the story in the manner of a novel, moving between the quiet community and the pair of drifters whose paths lead to it. The book looks at violence, justice and the ordinary lives it disrupts. It became a landmark of modern true crime writing and remains one of the most discussed books of its kind.