Re: In Cold Blood



hush, puppy wrote:
"PJ" <authoressss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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"PJ" <authoressss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm throwing myself at the mercy of the froup here, but I never read this
book before. Probably it was because when it was assigned to most American
high school seniors, I was out having a baby. Anyway, moving right along
... I knew I wanted to read "In Cold Blood" so I bought it a few years
back and there it sat on my bookshelf. Then a week or so ago I pulled it
off my shelf, opened it up, and from that point on was positively
mesmerized. I finished it last night, and now find that in determining
what book to start on tonight, Capote's book is a tough act to follow.

If you've read the book, and most people I talk to have, share your
thoughts, please.

I haven't, I'm mostly illiterate, but I've been feeling an inexplicable
urge to visit the library. What makes it a good/great book?

You have to figure that out for yourself, whether you think it's good or
great or mediocre. My experience has been that what one person thinks is
*great*, whether it's a painting or a book or a music composer's piece, is
so very, very subjective. My advice is that you get the book from the
library and read the first chapter or so. At that point you can decide
whether it is worth reading ... for you. Methinks you'll be hooked right
away.

I was hooked immediately, from the very first page. Although I realize it is
highly controversial who did it first, Capote was instrumental in creating a
new genre ... he was one of the first to bring a real-life occurrence into
the realm of fiction, and he does it brilliantly. He makes you -- no FORCES
you -- to identify with all of the characters, from the teenage victim Nancy
Clutter to the men who cold-bloodedly shot her and her family to death.

Get the book, read it, and then get back to me and we'll talk.

~ ~ ~
PJ

Yeah, you know, I'm pretty lazy. I think we have a leatherbound copy
of it stored with a lot of other stuff, part of a "Great Books"
subscription Mrs Boots couldn't live without back in the bad old days.

Problem is, whenever I wish I could sit down and read a book, four
other things shove in front of it. I have a book that I've begun
reading, but it requires the computer be powered up.

Thanks PJ. We'll see what events turn up. I still have the thought
in mind that I should read at least one Trollope book. Damned if I
know why.

--
aw fer pete's sake

Just tell her that you need to read for an hour a day or your mind
will go to mush. She may have noticed already.
.

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