As you have probably figured out by now, I enjoy a good mystery! This story is based on true events that happened in a small town in Kansas on November 15, 1959. That is when four members of the Cutter family were senselessly murdered for no apparent reason. There were also very few clues for investigators to work with in trying to determine who the murders were.
We meet each of the members of the Cutter family along with their closest friends. We begin to understand each of the characters and their stations in life. The older with lives half-lived and the younger with dreams ahead. Until the day they are gunned down. The older siblings are left to deal with the mayhem that follows.
Capote also introduces us in great detail to the antagonists. He tells their life stories in an effort to help the reader see the events in life that made them the people they have become. It seems like he wants the reader to understand that they are victims of their own circumstances of their early lives. He appears to want the reader to feel sorry for them even in the face of the brutal murders they have committed.
Truman Capote is a famous author known for his ability to weave a story with intricacy, emotion, and details. He writes from the point of view of each of the main characters which was a very effective way to make me connect with each of the characters; good and bad.
