‘In Cold Blood’ drawing new generation of readers

The good folks of western Kansas have learned to live with their association with the 1959 Clutter family murders, but the buzz is growing again, thanks to Hollywood. USA Today reported last week that Vintage has gone back to press three times with its edition of “In Cold Blood” tied to “Capote,” the new film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote. And a Barnes & Noble official said “In Cold Blood” has been its leading literature title of late, outselling “The Great Gatsby,” “1984,” “Of Mice and Men” and “Lord of the Flies.” Wish the movie would hurry up and get to Wichita.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

4 Comments

  1. JUSTA GUY
    Posted October 31, 2005 at 6:35 am | Permalink

    I certainly hope the BOE bans this book. After all it was written by an openly gay writer. lol

  2. Damoon
    Posted October 31, 2005 at 8:39 am | Permalink

    Truman Capote was such a brillant writer. I loved his “A Christmas Story” the best.

  3. CF
    Posted October 31, 2005 at 9:05 am | Permalink

    “In Cold Blood” is a great, great book, and I’m looking forward to the movie.

    Let’s hear it for flamboyantly gay men who aren’t afraid to talk trash. Capote’s put-down of Jack Kerouac was a classic:

    (In lisping, effeminate voice)”That’s not writing–that’s typing.”

  4. Galahad
    Posted October 31, 2005 at 1:53 pm | Permalink

    Hmmm . . . that’s what I think every time I hear Bush addressing the country.

    That’s not a speech, that’s just words on paper, and somebody reading them badly . . .