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raccoon

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2. One thing I think was understated in ICB was the racial prejudice Perry encountered.

Reply to Scairp (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 07:59 AM

Jul 2012

(Which might explain his behavior but does NOT excuse it.)

The scene you mentioned with Perry's sister, there was a scene like that in the book, only in the book it was one of the KBI agents--Nye, I think, who visited her.

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IN COLD BLOOD. I think Capote portrayed Perry Smith as being less cold-blooded than he really was. [View all] raccoon Jul 2012 OP

Nobody knows what Smith was really thinking Scairp Jul 2012 #1

One thing I think was understated in ICB was the racial prejudice Perry encountered. raccoon Jul 2012 #2

Not sure who spoke to her Scairp Aug 2012 #3

I found someplace on the Net dated about 2009 that said she was still alive. If I can ever locate raccoon Aug 2012 #4

I went to the post office to find her address, but it was Saturday, and they were closed Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #7

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I think Perry Smith portrayed himself as being less cold-blooded than he really was Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #6

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