
We Need to Talk About Kevin
(2003)A novel by
Lionel Shriver
AwardsOrange Broadband Prize for Fiction
BCA Crime Thriller of the Year (nominee)
Two years ago, Eva Khatchadourian's son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker, and a popular algebra teacher. Because he was only fifteen at the time of the killings, he received a lenient sentence and is now in a prison for young offenders in upstate New York. Telling the story of Kevin's upbringing, Eva addresses herself to her estranged husband through a series of letters. Fearing that her own shortcomings may have shaped what her son has become, she confesses to a deep, long-standing ambivalence about both motherhood in general and Kevin in particular. How much is her fault? Lionel Shriver tells a compelling, absorbing, and resonant story while framing these horrifying tableaux of teenage carnage as metaphors for the larger tragedy - the tragedy of a country where everything works, nobody starves, and anything can be bought but a sense of purpose.
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Hardback Editions
January 2004 : Hardback
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 1-58243-317-8 / 9781582433172 (USA edition) Publisher: Counterpoint Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2003 : Hardback
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 1-58243-267-8 / 9781582432670 (USA edition) Publisher: Counterpoint Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2006 : Paperback
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel (P.S.) Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 0-06-112429-X / 978-0-06-112429-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Perennial Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2006 : Paperback
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin (Five Star Paperback) Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 1-85242-467-2 / 9781852424671 (UK edition) Publisher: Serpent's Tail Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2005 : Paperback
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 1-85242-889-9 / 9781852428891 (UK edition) Publisher: Serpent's Tail Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2004 : Paperback
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May 2004 : Paperback
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 0-06-072448-X / 978-0-06-072448-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Perennial Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2004 : Paperback
| Title: We Need to Talk about Kevin Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 1-58243-268-6 / 9781582432687 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Counterpoint Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2003 : Paperback
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2003 : Paperback
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 0-9654995-6-1 / 978-0-9654995-6-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Counterpoint Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
May 2006 : Audio CD
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin (CD) Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 0-7528-7476-4 / 978-0-7528-7476-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Orion Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2006 : Audio Cassette
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin (Tape) Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 0-7528-7477-2 / 978-0-7528-7477-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Orion Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2005 : Audio Cassette
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin Author(s): LIONEL SHRIVER ISBN: 1-84505-544-6 (UK edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2005 : Audio CD
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin Author(s): LIONEL SHRIVER ISBN: 1-4193-8545-3 / 978-1-4193-8545-2 (USA edition) Publisher: CLIPPER AUDIO Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
April 2006 : Unknown
| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin (Download) Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 0-7528-7652-X (UK edition) Publisher: Orion Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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| Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin Signed ed Author(s): Lionel Shriver ISBN: 1-84579-225-4 / 9781845792251 (UK edition) Publisher: Serpents Tail Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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