The Virgin Suicides

Previously adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola starring Kirsten Dunst this is the story of the five Lisbon sisters - beautiful eccentric and obsessively watched by the entire neighbourhood. The boys that once loved them from afar are now grown men determined to understand a tragedy that has always defied explanation. For still the question remains - why did all five of the Lisbon girls take their own lives? This hypnotic and unforgettable novel treats adolescent love and death with haunting sensitivity and dark humour and creates a coming-of-age story unlike any of our time.