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There is good reason why this book is genre-defying and the benchmark for crime fiction/true crime non-fiction.    It is gripping, racy and nearly impossible to put down; a complete thriller. Capote is unmatched, never letting his  voice come in the way of an objective narration of the macabre massacre that rocked the bible-belt of Amercia. He draws you into the lives of all those you were involved and affected by the killings-from the townsfolk, the detectives, the killers, the ill-fated family, the killers' families. No detail has been overlooked, no character portrait that's overdone. Here is a detailed account of a crime and its aftermath that can be written only by a true master.