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I just finished this and I really loved it. Is there any other true crime writing out there that holds a candle?

>> No.10186581

Very interesting...
Why exactly did you like it?
And if Harper Lee worked on it with Capote, no surprise it’s great and innovative.

>> No.10186589

>>10186457
Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song was infinitely better.

>> No.10187158

>>10186457
DeLillo's Libra. After Capote, this became a genre.

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>>10186581
This is high quality bait but I'll leave it for the youngsters.

>> No.10188449

>>10186589
Came here to say this.

>> No.10188649

>>10186457
Helter Skelter

>> No.10188670

>>10186457
People Who Eat Darkness is pretty good.

>> No.10188704

>>10186457
120 Days of Sodom

>> No.10188828

>>10186457
The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère

The Crime of Sheila McGough by Janet Malcolm

^ Two excellent nonfiction true crime stories.