Zombie: A Novel
A hero who gets into the mind of a serial killer is a fixture of television crime shows, but such stories are usually disappointing, because the viewer knows it's just a gimmick. Not so with this unusual little novel, whichThe New York Timescalled a &quot;note-perfect, horror-comic ventriloquization of a half-bright, infantile serial killer.&quot; Joyce Carol Oates has so convincingly written through the voice of a killer, you will feel nervous while reading at how familiar, howhuman, he is. Part of how she achieves the effect is through sparing use of bizarre capitalization (e.g., &quot;MOON&quot; and &quot;FRAGMENT&quot;) and crude drawings done with a felt-tip pen. But the language is what makes it come alive, as in such weird statements as &quot;My whole body is a numb tongue.&quot; This book was winner of the 1996 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.