Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. Journalism was seen as a hack profession that had very little style, very little grace. After In Cold Blood , people saw real-life stories in a different way. -Gerald Clarke

 

Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. Journalism was seen as a hack profession that had very little style, very little grace. After In Cold Blood , people saw real-life stories in a different way.


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His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.

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It was the most dramatic and probably the most important period in his life, and it changed him radically in all sorts of ways.

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