Truman Capote - In Cold Blood

By midafternoon the black Chevrolet had reached Emporia, Kansas - a large town, almost a city, and a safe place, so the occupants of the car had decided, to do a bit of shopping. They parked on a side street, then wandered about until a suitably crowded variety store presented itself.
The first purchase was a pair of rubber gloves; these were for Perry, who, unlike Dick, had neglected to bring old gloves of his own.
They moved on to a counter displaying women's hosiery. After a spell of indecisive quibbling, Perry said, "I'm for it."
Dick was not. "What about my eye? They're all too light-colored to hide that."
"Miss," said Perry, attracting a salesgirl's attention. "You got any black stockings?" When she told him no, he proposed that they try another store. "Black's foolproof."
But Dick has made up his mind: stockings of any shade were unnecessary, and encumbrance, a useless expense ("I've already invested enough money in this operation"), and, after all, anyone they encountered would not live to bear witness. "No witnesses," he reminded Perry, for what seemed to Perry the millionth time. It rankled in him, the way Dick mouthed those two words, as though they solved every problem: it was stupid not to admit that there might be a witness they hadn't seen. "The ineffable happens, things do take a turn," he said. But Dick, smiling boastfully, boyishly, did not agree: "Get the bubbles out of your blood. Nothing can go wrong." No. Because the plan was Dick's, and from first footfall to final silence, flawlessly devised.

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Final silence. Tahle kniha je hrozivá. Od první strany víte přesně, co se stane, nejstrašlivější je hned první kapitola, ve které se věci schylují a vy tomu nemůžete zabránit. Nemůžete zařvat na hlavní postavy, ať se seberou a jedou někam pryč, nemůžete zařídit píchlou pneumatiku ani žádnou jinou neočekávanost. Můžete jenom přihlížet, jak se znovu stane to, co se v roce 1959 stalo a co Truman Capote líčí s přesností a důrazem na detaily. Zajímavý je i příběh za knihou, autorova posedlost případem. Vpodstatě dokumentární kniha je povýšena Capotovým dokonalým citem pro pointu, některé řádky by zasloužily vlastní stranu.