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Plot Summary of In Cold Blood
"One summer, an entire Kansas family was killed by two escaped convicts in search of money to continue on their journey. This stark yet poignant book gives an omniscient background of the Clutter family and a first-hand look at the lives of the criminals and killers, Dick and Perry as well as the killings themselves.
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Sarrah, Resident Scholar



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Plot
job/profession: - criminal (killer)
Job/profession/poverty story Yes

Subject of Biography
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Nationality - American (!)

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Century: - 1930's-1950's

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel? - depressed
Commentary on society? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject: - neutral
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people? Yes
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
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