" Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it." Truman Capote
I think that with this quote he refers to the sensation he feels when a good book is finished. I think that when he loves a book or like it, the book is a sequence of interesting events that when it is finished there is a nostalgic momery about the sequence that will not conitnue anymore. Is a bad sensation because the reader finished a very good story that probably he didn't want to finish. In relation with the child, he felt thse same sadness as if a child was killed.
I think this quote becomes much clearer once you get to know the context and the story behind the writing of "In Cold Blood". Keep it up!
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