Murder, in Fact

<p> With the 1965 publication of <I>In Cold Blood</I>, Truman Capote declared he broke new literary ground. But Capote's "nonfiction novel" belongs to a long Naturalist tradition originating in the work of 19th-century French novelist Emile Zola. Naturalism offers a particular response to the increasing problem of violence in American life and its sociological implications. </p><p> This book traces the origins of the fact-based homicide novel that emerged in the mai