Reading
In Cold Blood
by
Truman Capote
The Bleeding Horse, Camden Street, Dublin.
19th July 2011
One Sentence Summaries
Tiger McGavin: Was Perry chicken? Did Dick hit cock? These questions were left unanswered and they were effectively left hanging.
Atticus McCarthy: Perfect execution.
Carl Jameson: How do I feel about In Cold Blood? Luke warm.
William Clay: It was good but was there too much Clutter?
Whitby Syme: Had I met Truman Capote while reading this, I would have been in danger of committing a true crime of my own.
Mycroft Webb: Hot paper!
Scores
Tiger McGavin: 67/83
Quincey Morrisness: 5/10
Actioness: 10/13
Well Writteness: 12/13
Interestingness: 16/17
Unputdownableness: 20/22
Sexiness: 4/8
Atticus McCarthy: 62/83
Interestingness: 13/15
Quincey Morrisness: 10/15
Actioness: 6/10
Execution: 18/20 *
Unputdownableness: 7/10
Discussableness: 10/13
Forgettableness: -2
* Clay & Webb commented it should have been 2 out of 2.
William Clay: 49/83
Interestingness: 12/20
True Crimeness: 37/63
Carl Jameson: 49/83
Well Writteness: 14/20
Unputdownableness: 3/10
Food for thought: 17/20
Interestingness: 7/10
Quincey Morrisness: 8/10
Sexiness: 0/13
Mycroft Webb: 60/83
Quincey Morrisness: 7/16
Actioness: 10/15
Well Writteness: 13/15
Interestingness: 13/15
Unputdownableness: 17/22
Whitby Syme: 45/83
Plot: 13/20
Execution: 12/20
Characters: 13/20
Food for thought: 5/10
Extra points: 2/13
In Cold Blood earned a QMBC rating of 55.3 / 83.
Nominations
William Clay
- A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black
- Carte Blance by Jeffrey Deaver
- Solar by Ian McEwan (vetoed by Atticus McCarthy)
Whitby Syme
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Tiger McGavin:
- Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
- Map of a Nation by Rachel Hewitt
Atticus McCarthy
- Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
Mycroft Webb
- Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Carl Jameson
- Letters from My Windmill by Alfone Daudet
- Scorpion Patrol by Soldier X (later revealed to be a fictional book appearing in TV show Peep Show)
The Voting
Book | Clay | Syme | McGavin | McCarthy | Jameson | Webb | Total |
A Death in Summer | - | - | 100 | 300 | - | - | 400 |
Carte Blanche | - | - | - | - | - | 200 | 200 |
Atlas Shrugged | - | - | - | 100 | 300 | - | 400 |
Flashman | - | 100 | - | 200 | 100 | 300 | 700 |
Map of a Nation | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 |
Netherland | 200 | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | 600 |
Letters from My Windmill | 300 | 300 | - | - | - | 100 | 700 |
Robopocalypse | - | - | 300 | - | 200 | - | 500 |
Next: Letters from my Windmill
Nearly: Flashman
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