An Obsession
In Cold Blood: a 343 page book that took over a man’s life for six years. Truman Capote and his lifelong friend, Harper Lee, went to Holcomb, Kansas just six short weeks after the Clutter Family murders. Capote was able to make a tense, atmospheric, and grounded book. Along the way he discovered some unlikely friends, bold personalities, and encountered some questionable actions.
Truman Capote was the type of writer who could make a mass murder into a six year project; he used his time for research and preparation. The “literary photographer” never used a tape recorder in his time writing the book, he took everything from memory and from the help of his assistant, Harper Lee. He had a way of writing that was described as literary …show more content…
Proving not to be his best idea, Perry was described as suspicious and paranoid. Perry continued to question Capote as to why he was writing the book and to what was Capote going to gain from writing about them. Capote continued to try and get Perry to open up, failing everyday up until around three to four months into his intense interviewing. Perry began to trust Truman as a friend and was very close to him during the ticking, last five years of his life. Trusting Truman, Perry began to show interest in what he had developed so far, piece by piece Perry got to see this literary work from one interview at a time. Perry’s greatest objection was the title, the murder wasn’t committed “In Cold Blood”. Capote tied to explain to him that the title had a deeper and double meaning to it, but never shared it with Perry. Capote was with Perry and Dick so much he could tell when they both were lying. He would ask them both to explain a part of a story, and sentence after sentence when a detail was off Capote knew. Details were never Perry’s strength; he would thrive when telling him a conversation or a mood. Perry had a “lost puppy” quality that caused him to follow his “Vile” (Nytimes) friend to