Summary

Herbert Clutter inspects his ranch on the morning of November 14, 1959. That same morning, on the other side of Kansas, Perry Smith meets up with Dick Hickock. While the Clutters go about their daily business, running errands and baking apple pies, Hickock and Smith are tuning their car. After a long drive, they pull up to the Clutter home with a shotgun and knife in hand. More……

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2) A good writer can make nearly anything interesting.

3) People who don’t read deserve what they get – well it could be the theme since you haven’t read it.