In Cold Blood | Social Concerns
Some would say that Capote's novel had no social concerns, that it succeeded in being a mere presentation of gruesome facts. There is ample evidence for this kind of evaluation, the "just-the-facts, ma'am" tone that pervades the novel for example. Yet even seen in this light Capote provided a valuable, detailed document of how the American police force and legal system work. The actual murders take up very little of the book's almost four hundred pages. Most of the book concerns itself with the search for, trial of and execution of the murderers. Readers are privy to the exhaustion,...
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