The Spiral Notebook: the Aurora Theater Shooter and the Epidemic of Mass Violence Committed by American Youth

Publisher Marketing: On July 20, 2012, twelve people were killed and fifty-eight wounded at a mass shooting in a movie theater in Colorado. In 1999, thirteen kids at Columbine High School were murdered by their peers. In 2012, twenty children and seven adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary. Thirty-two were killed at Virginia Tech. Twelve killed at the Washington Navy Yard. In May 2014, after posting a YouTube video of retribution and lamenting a life of loneliness, rejection, and unfulfilled desires, a lone gunman killed six and wounded seven in Isla Vista. All of these acts of violence were committed by young men between the ages of eighteen and thirty. Mass violence committed by young people is now an epidemic. In the first fourteen school days of 2014, there were seven school shootings, compared to twenty-eight school shootings in all of 2013. The reasons behind this escalating violence, and the cultural forces that have impugned a generation, is the subject of this important new book."New York Times" bestselling author Stephen Singular has often examined violence in America in his critically acclaimed books. Here he has teamed with his wife, Joyce, for their most important work yet one that investigates why America keeps producing twentysomething mass killers. Their reporting has produced the most comprehensive look at the Aurora shooting yet and draws upon the one group left out of the discussion of violence in America: the twentysomethings themselves. While following the legal proceedings in the Aurora shooting, "The Spiral Notebook" is full of interviews with Generation Z, a group dogged by big pharma and antidepressants and ADHD drugs, by a doomsday/apocalyptic mentality present since birth, and by an entertainment industry that has turned violence into parlor games. Provocative and eye-opening, "The Spiral Notebook" is a glimpse into the forces that are shaping the future of American youth, an entire generation bathed in the violence committed by their peers." Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2015 (EAN 9781619025349, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 05/15/2015 pg. 93 (EAN 9781619025349, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/11/2015 (EAN 9781619025349, Hardcover) Booklist 05/15/2015 pg. 5 (EAN 9781619025349, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Singular, Stephen Stephen Singular is a "New York Times "bestselling author and Edgar Award nominee. His book "Talked to Death "was made into the Oliver Stone film "Talk Radio". Singular has appeared on "Larry King Live", "Good Morning America", Court TV, and "Anderson Cooper 360". Contributor Bio:  Singular, Joyce Joyce Singular is a researcher and collaborator on a number of titles with her husband, Stephen, adding a female perspective on the nature of crime. They live in Denver with their son.