http://www.metafilter.com/tags/clutterfamily Posts tagged with 'clutterfamily' at MetaFilter. Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:47:03 -0800 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:47:03 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/36996/In%2DCold%2DBlood <a href="http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/01/22/cold_blood/">In Cold Blood.</a> Forty-five years ago today, the bodies of <a href="http://www.stokenewington.net/readinggroup/books/capote.jpg">four members of the Clutter family</a> were discovered in <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=US&city=Holcomb&state=KS">Holcomb, Kansas</a>. <a href="http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/notorious_murders/family/clutter/4a.jpg">The</a> <a href="http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/notorious_murders/family/clutter/4b.jpg">killers</a> made off with $40 and a transistor radio. <a href="http://partners.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capote-headline.html">This <cite>New York Times</cite> report</a> inspired Truman Capote to write what he called the <a href="http://partners.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capote-million.html">first "non-fiction" novel</a>. There are <a href="http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/clutter/8.html?sect=12">other accounts</a> of the murders, including one that says <a href="http://crimemagazine.com/CrimeBooks/incold.htm">the book is not honest</a>. In 1996, Capote and George Plimpton discussed creative journalism and the book in a <a href="http://partners.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capote-interview.html">long interview</a>. (Plimpton's own <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n07/print/ohag01_.html">biography of Capote</a> details some of the liberties Capote took.) <small>[All links SFW.]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.36996 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:47:03 -0800 biographies capote clutterfamily georgeplimpton holcomb incoldblood kansas trumancapote kirkaracha