Thread: In Cold Blood/Truman Capote

I read the book in my class, it was not bad. Not my type of book, though.

And whoever said he "invented the genre of non-fiction" probably does not understand what non-fiction means. Because that is ridiculous.

Originally Posted by wasup

I read the book in my class, it was not bad. Not my type of book, though.

And whoever said he "invented the genre of non-fiction" probably does not understand what non-fiction means. Because that is ridiculous.

Sorry, the "non-fiction novel" is what I meant.

Oh

Well, I think he popularized it and made it more accessible to the public, but definitly didn't invent it.

Apparently "In Cold Blood" is the invention of the genre.

Oh, well that's wrong because they had been written before in cold blood.

Originally Posted by wasup

Oh, well that's wrong because they had been written before in cold blood.

Well, that's what I'm looking for, examples. It's so off and ridiculous to me, but I don't know what to reference to prove that.

It doesn't seem like many people know though. Or aren't interested (judging by the responses to this thread!)

Thanks wasup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel


In Cold Blood wasn't bublished until 1966. I'd say "First Non-fiction novel" is a pretty bold claim.
Dunno for sure, though.

[Edit: Hmm, but according to this one it is.]

Yeah, I read all that. It seems ridiculous to me. I did a little more searching and found stuff that seems to contradict that info. Who knows with the internet? I need to go speak to a writer or a lit professor or something.

I would just search "non fiction novels" and check their dates. I mean, they have undoubtedly been written, but it is likely that in cold blood was the first major, very popular one? I don't know if it counts as a novel (I would say it does), but how about the Diary of Anne Frank? That's just off the top of my head.