Twenty Years of Capote

Twenty Years of Capote

What does it mean, and what does it cost, to write about crime? In Cold Blood, Truman Capote’s true crime masterpiece, was a massive hit; it remains one of the finest examples of the genre. The author described the book as a “nonfiction novel”–a work that narrates real events with the style and art of literature. It suggested a new approach to non-fiction crime writing that would be hugely influential. It took Capote six years to write In Cold B…