Killings (short story)

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Killings is a short story written by Andre Dubus in 1979. The short story entails how a man seeks revenge after the murder of his son.^[1] In 2001, the story was adapted into Todd Field's film, In the Bedroom. The film starred Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, and Marisa Tomei, and was nominated for five Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Actor (Wilkinson), Best Actress (Spacek), Supporting Actress (Tomei), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Festinger & Field). After the film's release the story was republished in a collection called "In the Bedroom" for which Field wrote the preface.^[2]

The work deals with the emotional struggle that the main character, Matt Fowler, encounters as he is forced to confront the killer of his son.