We Need to Talk About Kevin
2003 novel by Lionel Shriver / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the film adaptation of the book, see We Need to Talk About Kevin (film).
We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2003 novel by Lionel Shriver, published by Serpent's Tail, about a fictional school massacre. It is written from the first person perspective of the teenage killer's mother, Eva Khatchadourian, and documents her attempt to come to terms with her psychopathic son Kevin and the murders he committed, as told in a series of letters from Eva to her husband.
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Author | Lionel Shriver |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Epistolary novel |
Publisher | Counterpoint Press |
Publication date | April 14, 2003 |
Media type | Print (paperback and hardback) |
Pages | 416 |
ISBN | 1-58243-267-8 |
OCLC | 50948454 |
813/.54 21 | |
LC Class | PS3569.H742 W4 2003 |
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The novel, Shriver's seventh, won the 2005 Orange Prize, a UK-based prize for female authors of any country writing in English. In 2011 the novel was adapted into a film.