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Fiction

SheilaT

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6. You do know that

Reply to raccoon (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:23 PM

Sep 2012

In Cold Blood, while I think it was originally considered a novelized version of what happened, is based on exactly the events as they took place? It's not fiction, and over the years I don't believe I've ever read anything that suggested Capote got anything wrong.

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I wish Stephen King would rewrite IN COLD BLOOD. I'd like to see his take on it. [View all] raccoon Sep 2012 OP

I Don't Think I'll Ever See It, Either. Paladin Sep 2012 #1

That is a creepy thought for a book. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #2

Why? SheilaT Sep 2012 #3

It would be a lot longer, for one thing. Also he'd go more into the internal demons raccoon Sep 2012 #4

But then it's just fiction. Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #5

You do know that SheilaT Sep 2012 #6

Yes, I realize that it's supposed to be based on exactly the events as they took place, but it isn’t raccoon Sep 2012 #7

Hmm. My library does not have the Voss book. SheilaT Sep 2012 #8

I got the book on interlibrary loan, too. raccoon Sep 2012 #9