In Cold Blood

>>8421466

no i had to read it in school for AP Language and I hated it

>>8421471
Why did you hate it?

>>8421466

No, it's better to spend that time in 4chan and expressing narcissism on Facebook. Your time is too precious for a classic work of literature.

>>8421475

was forced to read it

>>8421477
What made it a classic work?

>>8421478
Are you willing to read it again?

>>8421484

Not the other anon, but if I remember correctly, someone made a bet with Capote about how no real life event could beat fictional events in terms of suspense.

Capote wanted to prove him wrong and wrote about the Holcomb murders, interviewed people and even the murderers and wrote "In Cold Blood" to win the bet.

It's fantastic, by the way. Capote reveals on the first page the final blood toll of the events, referring to the murderers' death sentences, but it's still really thrilling, especially the parts where you learn more about the one murderer who just kind of got dragged into the whole mess.

I recommend reading it.

>>8421484
Not him but it's often pointed to as the book that started the trend of depicting actual crime that really happened in literature and documentaries
Often referred to as the "real crime" genre

Note that said crime is almost always in the American South where people murder someone for the sake of a very tiny and marginal material gain, e.g. Thin Blue Line, Into the Abyss, In Cold Blood and so on

>>8421507
Thanks.

I thought it was ok. I liked the introduction of the family and the surroundings and the happening of the actual crime best. Kinda lost interest in the last half. Wouldn't recommend but I don't regret reading it.

Worth a read. Capote's best book. Check out Helter Skelter after if you like this.

>>8421466
its meh

Not bad, not good either. Its an easy read

I think its probably the first and best modern true crime novel. I would understand why /lit/ would hate it as its prose is honest and uncomplicated by pretense or allegory except the gay stuff