Columbine

Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset.The tragedies keep coming. .So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of spectacle murders. As we reel from the latest horror . .

In the wake of Newtown, Aurora, and Virginia Tech, the imperative to understand the crime that sparked this plague grows more urgent every year.What really happened April 20, 1999? It is a false script, seized upon by a generation of new killers. The horror left an indelible stamp on the American psyche, but most of what we know is wrong.

It wasn't about jocks, Goths, or the Trench Coat Mafia. Dave Cullen was one of the first reporters on scene, and spent ten years on