Truman Capote

Truman Capotes debutroman Andra röster, andra rum [Other Voices, Other Rooms] blev en omedelbar klassiker när den utkom 1948. I dag räknas den till milstolparna i den amerikanska 1900-talslitteraturen.

1959 mördas den förmögne farmaren Herb Clutter och hans familj på Clutters gård i Kansas. Den 30 december arresteras de nyligen frigivna straffångarna Dick Hickock och Perry Smith för mordet. Drygt fem år senare hängs de. Dessa data markerar riktpunkterna i ett massmord som framstår som lika oundvikligt som meningslöst. Med kallt blod växer från […]

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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences is considered by many to be the first work of the true crime genre. In this groundbreaking book, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder of the Clutter family from information provided by newspaper articles and interviews. ‘Dick became convinced that Perry was that […]

A major literary event: a collection of never-before-published short stories from one of America’s most beloved writers. In a small Southern town, a teenage girl anxiously waits for her date to arrive. A woman fights to save the life of a child who has her lover’s eyes. Best friends on the Upper East Side discuss […]