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''Columbine'' is a non-fiction book written by Dave Cullen and published by Twelve on April 6, 2009. It is a comprehensive examination of the Columbine High School massacre, perpetrated by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold on April 20, 1999. The book covers two major storylines: the killers' evolution leading up to the attack, and the survivors' struggles with aftermath over the next decade. Chapters alternate between the two stories. Graphic depictions of parts of the attack are also included, plus actual names of friends and family were used as well (the only exception was the pseudonym "Harriet" which was used for Robyn Anderson, a girl with whom Klebold was obsessively in love, went to prom, and who bought the guns for both under-aged shooters, as her real name had not been disclosed at the time). Cullen, then a freelance reporter in Denver, spent ten years researching and writing the book. He previously contributed to ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Times'' of London and ''The Guardian''. He is best known for his work for ''Slate'' and ''Salon.com.'' His ''Slate'' story "The Depressive and the Psychopath" five years earlier, offered the first diagnosis of the killers by the team of psychologists and psychiatrists brought into the case by the FBI. Publication was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, which occurred on April 20. The book spent eight weeks on ''The New York Times'' bestseller list in the spring of 2009, peaking at #3. The book gained considerable media attention for discussing the so-called Columbine myths widely taken for granted. According to the book, the massacre had nothing to do with school bullying, jocks, the Gothic subculture, Marilyn Manson or the Trench Coat Mafia.〔 Cullen also writes it was intended primarily as a bombing rather than a school shooting, and that Harris and Klebold intended to perpetrate the worst terrorist attack in American history. The book garnered glowing reviews from ''Time'', ''Newsweek'', ''People'', ''The New York Observer'', and ''The New York Times Book Review''. One of the few dissenting views came from Janet Maslin, who wrote in ''The New York Times'', "What good can a new book on Columbine do? Mr. Cullen's Salon coverage had already refuted some of the worst misconceptions about the story by the fall of 1999....Emerging details mostly corroborate what was already known." ''Columbine'' won a bevy of awards and honors, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees2.html#fact )〕 Barnes & Noble's Discover Award,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/discover-book-awards/379001097/?cds2Pid=30121 )〕 and the Goodreads Choice Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.goodreads.com/award/goodreader/2009 )〕 It was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, the Audie Award, and the MPIBA Regional Book Award. Additionally, ''Columbine'' was named to two dozen Best of 2009 lists, including the ''New York Times'', ''LA Times'', ''Publishers Weekly'', iTunes and the American Library Association. It was declared Top Education Book of 2009 and one of the best of the decade by the American School Board Journal. ==Development== In a 2015 Vanity Fair essay, the author described the powerful impact his mentor Lucia Berlin had on the creation of the book . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Columbine (book)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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