TY - BOOK AU - Eugenides, Jeffrey TI - The Virgin Suicides SN - 9780007524310 PB - Bloomsbury KW - Fiction N1 - Book; Monograph N2 - Synopsis: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 ER -