John Hollowell's critical analysis of Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood focuses on how Capote used journalism and fiction to try to create a new form of writing (82-84). First, Capote involves his reader. “This immediacy, this haunting effect of “you are there,” comes less from the sensational facts (which are underestimated) than from the “fictitious” techniques employed by Capote” (Hollowell 82). Capote takes historical facts and introduces scenes, dialogue, and points of view to help draw the reader in (Hollowell 82). Capote also considered which parts of information to use based on their dramatic appeal (Hollowell 82). His talent led him to determine what would have the most importance and impact for the story to flow for the reader. “The conversations of the Clutters' close friends, chief detectives, and even the killers themselves are powerfully rendered” (Hollowell 82). Additionally, Capote uses dialogue to advance his story and create suspense. His use of point of view helps manipulate the storyline. Capote's use of an omniscient narrator "promotes 'objectivity' and suggests, at the same time, a complex pattern of cause and effect relationships surrounding the crime" (Hollowell 83). The narrator tries to present the facts and remain objective. When he tries to explain events or add a fraction of moral to the story, he immediately reverts to simple narration. Hollowell states that Capote must have realized that, through his narration, only one point of view was being presented (83). Even if the events can be verified, "any attempt to write a narrative account involves establishing a 'fiction' that best fits the facts as they are known"...... middle of paper . .....k” (84 ). However, he failed to recognize that earlier works by Stendhal, Dreiser, and Dostoyevsky also used similar techniques in true crime stories. Overall, In Cold Blood gives an example of events of the sixties, such as senseless crimes, senseless violence, social events. the dislocations and failure of conventional morality (Hollowell 84). “Ultimately, Capote's story of Perry, Dick, and the Clutter family transcends the here and now, the merely local and particular that are the hallmarks of journalism” (Hollowell states 84). there is no way to deny that Capote made an extraordinary attempt to bring journalism and literature together (84). Works Cited Hollowell, John "Truman Capote's 'Nonfiction Novel." Fact and fiction: the new journalism and the non-fiction novel. Contemporary literary criticism 19 (1981): 82-84.