In Truman Capote's novel "In Cold Blood", he tells the story of the Clutter family murders that occurred in 1959. In this story, Capote reveals what happened in the murder and the events/ investigation surrounding the murder. However, recently more information surrounding the Clutter murders has been released from Harold Nye's notebooks. Harold Nye was a detective who was part of the Clutter cases, however his information contradicts some of the aspects of Capote's story. Apparently Capote included number inaccuracies and at least one fabricated story in his novel, as well as serious implications. Also, Capote favors Dewey in the story in order gain more information about the story- and does not include Dewey's failure to follow up on the investigation at one point.
Personally, I do not think that this book should be considered a non-fiction piece. I think that this is a good book to read because it gives a reader an idea of what actually happened during the Clutter murders. However, readers should not refer to this book as a reliable account of the story. This is due to the fact that Capote over-embellished certain details in the story in order to make it more appealing to readers. If one were interested in finding out the true events and investigations surrounding the murder, it would be best if they read the filed records associated with the case.
Although Capote's piece is not necessarily a non-fictional piece, I think that such a thing as a "non-fiction" novel can exist. I believe that one can find actual facts and pieces of evidence by reading first-hand accounts/ personal records that are meant to simply record events and not appeal to readers.
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