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Aug 25, 2016 in 1959, truman capote stumbled on a short article in the new york times about a gruesome quadruple murder at a kansas farm. On november 15, 1959, in the small town of holcomb, kansas, four members of the clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a. Truman capote project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The most famous true crime novel of all time and one of the first nonfiction novels ever written. The story of the first true crime novel is as famous as the crime that inspired it and the man who completed the book never wrote another. Truman streckfus persons september 30, 1924 august 25, 1984, known as truman capote 1, was an american novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella breakfast at tiffanys 1958 and the true crime novel in cold blood 1966, which he labeled a nonfiction novel.
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