now a major motion picture directed by Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, and Milk)It was an accident. He didnt mean to kill the security guard with his skateboardit was self-defense. But theres no one to back up his story. No one even knows he was at Paranoid Park. Should he confess, or can he get away with it? Its an ethical question no one should have to answer.Writing more intensely than ever before, Blake Nelson delivers a film noir in book form, complete with interior monologue and dark, psychological drama. This is a riveting look at one boys fall into a world of crime, guilt, and fearand his desperate attempt to get out again.