Atticus (novel)

{{Short description|1996 novel by Ron Hansen}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Atticus

| author = Ron Hansen

| image = File:Atticus (novel).jpg

| caption = First edition

| pub_date = 1996

| genre = Fiction and mystery

| publisher = HarperCollins

| pages = 256

| isbn = 9780061978142

}}

Atticus is a murder-mystery novel written by Ron Hansen in 1996.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zgFZLO7BZMC&pg=PA57 |title=Deep Down Things: Essays on Catholic Culture |first=Joseph A. |last=Cirincione |publisher=Lexington Books |date=28 August 2008 |page=57 |isbn=9780739130087}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VbkVBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA129 |title=A Literary Cavalcade—III |first=Robert A. |last=Parker |publisher=Lulu.com |date=1 October 2012 |page=129 |isbn=9781300248385}} The main character, Atticus Cody, is similar to Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-18-bk-37206-story.html |title=A Father's Love : Ron Hansen's novel is a modern parable of the prodigal son : ATTICUS, By Ron Hansen (HarperCollins: $22; 247 pp.) |date=18 February 1996 |access-date=9 February 2016 |first=Paul |last=Hemphill |author-link=Paul Hemphill |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212162249/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-02-18/books/bk-37206_1_ron-hansen |archive-date=12 December 2015 |url-status=live }}

In 1996 it was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction,{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/books/atticus/ |title=Atticus |year=1996 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=National Book Foundation}} and in 1997 for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.{{cite web |url=http://www.penfaulkner.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/History-1981-2015.pdf |title=PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Past Winners & Finalists. 1981-2015 |year=2015 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=PEN/Faulkner Foundation}} In 2000 it was adapted into the film Missing Pieces starring James Coburn.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title=TV Weekend; Poor Dad Seems Confused, And He's Not the Only One |first=Anita |last=Gates |date=February 4, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/04/movies/tv-weekend-poor-dad-seems-confused-and-he-s-not-the-only-one.html |access-date=12 January 2019 |publisher=The New York Times Company}}