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Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book New York Times: One of the 100 Notable Books of the Year Los Angeles Times: Favorite Nonfiction of the Year Publishers Weekly: Nonfiction Best Book of the Year Chicago Tribune: Favorite Nonfiction of the Year Salon.com: Nonfiction Best Book of the YearOn April 20, 1999, two boys went to their high school with bombs and guns. Their goal was to leave "a lasting impression on the world." The horror they inflicted left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Now in this definitive account, Dave Cullen presents a compelling and utterly human profile of teenage killers. With a keen investigative eye and psychological acumen, he draws on hundreds of interviews, thousands of pages of police files, FBI psychologists, and the boys' tapes and diaries. This close-up portrait of violence, a community rendered helpless, and police blunders and cover-ups is an unforgettable cautionary tale for our time. In the tradition of Helter Skelter and In Cold Blood, COLUMBINE is a revelatory work destined to be a classic.