"We Need to Talk about Kevin" by Lionel Shriver
A bookclub choice and quite a slog to get through. I guess it tries to get at why children end up killing their peers in school shootings but isn't particularly successful. Just didn't ring true to me on any level.
I found it rather ironic that the author changed her name to a male name so she wouldn't be victim to gender prejudice but the award she won for this book (the Orange Prize) is only for women authors!
Also, she isn't a mother and the point of view is first person narrative from the mother's point of view. Not that you can't write about things you don't have direct experience with but I think in this case it shows.
