At the heart
of the novel is Capote's question about himself. He writes much of his material of the two
killers about Perry Smith while maintaining Perry's sensibilities. Capote archives the sordid
details of Perry's childhood and family background; it is loathsome and painful--pure pathos in
some respects. However, he then contrasts the portrayal of an irreparably broken young man with
the carnival crowd seeking justice.
Capote makes far less of a case for
Dick Hickock who was raised by two doting, questionably over-indulgent, parents who saw their
son as a goldenboy with a favorable reputation in high school as an all-American athlete. His
childhood and family...
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