IN COLD BLOOD

Random, New York, 1965, BCE, 1^st pr thus.  Hard cover, 343 pages.  Good plus; corners and spine ends lightly bumped; front hinge slightly sprung; binding sound.  No jacket.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages.  Book-of-the-Month Club news promo laid in.  ‘Mr. Capote weaves together in clear, workmanlike fashion a number of threads:  the early backgrounds of the killers; their mad journey through Mexico and the Southwest after the commission of the crime; the admirable Javert-like patience of the principal investigator, Al Dewey, who, having known the Clutters, felt the case as “a personal proposition”; the influence on Perry of his “real and only friend,” a fellow criminal named Willie-Jay; the decisive clue provided by another convict; the confrontation with the law; the confessions; the psychiatrists’ testimony; the trial; the reprieves; the executions; and the aftermath.’ (from promo)