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128. I have always believed that writing and researching "In Cold Blood"

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 06:30 AM

Dec 2013

had a profound effect on Truman Capote and Harper Lee. Learning every detail they could about that horrible crime would alter everyone in some wy.

Harper Lee became a recluse. She may have become one anyway, but after learning about the Clutter family, I'm sure the urge to avoid most people would be appealing.

Capote was always going to be a trip. However, writing that book may have sent his bubble just a little more off of plumb.

There are so many vicious crimes in the news today, that it's hard not to know about some details of them. Capote and Lee lived in an era when that kind of crime could not be news 24/7.

In addition, they learned a lot of details that are usually not released to the general public even today. Finding someone who has a clue to talk with and possibly give you some relief would be next to impossible.

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