QMBC XI: In Cold Blood

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