Truman's intentions.

I enjoyed the book. I didn't know I could be fascinated by a murder book.

The conspiracies that surround Truman toward the end of his career really are terrible. For someone to tell Truman that he will go to hell for writing a book, (which started this new genre of writing). I think that Truman had intentions of publishing his book with the help of the two murderers, but when he got to know them he may have changed his mind. After all, he did do 5 years of research during the trial and spent time with the people of the town to hear their opinions. It was almost as if he cared about the family as much as everyone else did. Somewhere along those lines, I do feel that he did want to boost up his chances for a successful book.

Truman spent most of his time as a journalist and he had the knowledge of what would be successful and what was a waste of time. He even states in an interview, that he had to choose a promising subject.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capote-interview.html