Zombie
by Joyce Carol Oates
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Author: Joyce Carol OatesContributor: Michael Harris
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 1996-01-01
ISBN: 0140862161
Number of pages: 1
Publisher: Penguin Audio
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Book Review: A chillingly journey into darkness
Summary: 4 Stars
Quentin P, the child of a professional middle class family has some secrets that he keeps in his basement, in his bathroom, in his car and from his parents, from his grandmother, from his court appointed counselor and from society.
Joyce Carol Oates takes us on a ride with Quentin to a place called sociopathic madness. To Quentin, his victims are simply there as tools of experimentation -- to turn into zombies (play toys that will do just exactly what he commands.)
Quentin (perhaps in real life Jeffrey Dahmer?) lacks remorse and the prize we hold so dearly called a conscience.
Joyce Carol Oates journeys inside the mind of a mad man who, while feeling very much of an outsider in society, also learns the game of how to manipulate that which he does not feel a part of, in order to serve his savage cravings.
Summary of Zombie
Devastating in its impact, Oates's fictional journey into the mind of paroled sex offender Quentin P. provides a psychologically astute portrait of the cold calculation and dark obsession that combine in a serial killer to make him both horrifyingly successful and maddeningly elusive. Oates wants the listener to enter, become part of, and comprehend what seems incomprehensible. 2 cassettes.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, which The New York Times called a "note-perfect, horror-comic ventriloquization of a half-bright, infantile serial killer." Joyce Carol Oates has so convincingly written through the voice of a killer, you will feel nervous while reading at how familiar, how human, he is. Part of how she achieves the effect is through sparing use of bizarre capitalization (e.g., "MOON" and "FRAGMENT") and crude drawings done with a felt-tip pen. But the language is what makes it come alive, as in such weird statements as "My whole body is a numb tongue." This book was winner of the 1996 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.
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