by KateMosse (Introduction), Lionel Shriver (Author)
Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood and Kevin's horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her absent husband, Franklyn. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails. Adapted and directed by Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar, Ratcatcher), the film of We Need to Talk About Kevin stars Tila Swinton (I Am Love) and John C. Reilly (The Aviator), with Ezra Miller (Californication) as the eponymous teenage murderer.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 18 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 184668806X
ISBN 13: 9781846688065
Book Overview: Film starring Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, directed by Lynne Ramsay, tipped for the Oscars 2012, and with the DVD release on 13 February