One of the main characters in my novel killed his father at age 15 in self defence. Your typical situation, violent alcoholic father etc (though not very typical in Italy where it is set, as alcoholism is not such a big problem here compared to other countries). Basically he kills his father who is beating up his mother during the umpteenth drunken rage. Now, this happens in a time before that when the novel takes place, so it is only going back to explain the background of this man that I briefly describe what happened. The man is now in his early 30ies and has been through drug addiction as a result of the psychological trauma caused by this event, has been to rehab and is now at last getting on with his life. Still, sometimes I wonder whether I should go slightly more in depth concerning the feelings a person who has had to kill his own father in self defence may have. There have been a few cases I have found documentaries about but none about children who had to kill a parent in self defence (only to get their hands on an inheritance etc). Do you have any links? Know of any source where I could get some kind of information?
Many thanks!
Many thanks!