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Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella breakfast at tiffanys 1958 and the true crime novel in cold blood 1966, which he. Capote rose to international prominence in 1948 with the publication of his debut novel, other voices, other rooms. The book details the brutal 1959 murders of herbert clutter, a wealthy farmer from holcomb, kansas, and his wife and two of. Continue your study of in cold blood with these useful links. Truman capote talks about in cold blood on the tonight show starring.
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