Many of us had read this book decades ago, but it was worth a revisit. Originally a series of New Yorker articles, the book tells the true story of a gruesome murder of a farm family in late 50s Kansas. Capote spins the tale in great detail but unvarnished language. He calls his work "fiction" because his focus is on storytelling not news reporting. It's a unique, clean style that made the book a literary sensation in its time.
Our next book is Elizabeth Strout's Olive Again, a sequel to her beautifully crafted Olive Kitteridge which we read and admired in 2009. We also considered James McBride's Deacon King Kong and Richard Powers' The Overstory. Our next meeting is scheduled for January 26; Paul suggests the following book.
