Zombie
J. R. Angelella Audio Book

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Listen to a sample Author: J. R. Angelella Reader: Alston Brown Running Time: 10hrs 20min
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Fourteen-year-old Jeremy Barker is obsessed with zombie movies. He attends an all-boys Catholic High School where roving gangs in plaid make his days a living hell. His mother is an absentee pillhead, his older brother a self-diagnosed sex-addict, and his father an ex-Marine realtor who disappears night after night without explanation. Jeremy navigates it all with a code cobbled together from Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, Planet Terror, Zombieland, and Shaun of the Dead: Avoid Contact, Keep Quiet, Forget the Past, and Lock-and-load. The code is put to the test when he discovers in his father's closet a bizarre homemade video of a man strapped to a bed, being prepped for some sort of surgical procedure. As Jeremy--troubled but ever-optimistic--attempts to trace the origin of the video, this remarkable debut moves from its sharp, precocious beginnings to a climax of almost unthinkable violence, testing him to the core.
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Zombie / J.R. Angellela

“… Angelella knows his way around a sentence. Jeremy’s musings on high school as “prime zombie real estate” will make you shudder with memories of fighting your way down the hall.” ~Bookshelf Bombshells (Laura Baas)  

“…Zombie, like so many of the movies that inspired it, is not for the faint of heart. It is violent and dark but ultimately has a benevolent message about the human capacity for survival--whether we are fighting the walking dead, weird cults or just the scary, sometimes dehumanizing halls of the local high school.” ~Shelf Awareness (Donald Powell)

“…[a] stunning debut novel…[Brown] manages to capture both Jeremy's confidence and uncertainty.” ~AudioFile (M.D.)

“…one of the most entertaining stories I've read in a long long time… The last few chapters were a blur for Jeremy and me alike, tearing me along at breakneck speed with my knuckles white at the edges of my Kobo…When it starts to slip into David Lynch territory, I was absolutely mesmorized.  I was there with Jeremy... I was with him leaping and climbing and ripping to uncover the truth. The final act is gruesome and cathartic, smart and gripping. I would recommend this book to anyone.  This is easily one on of the most entertaining novels I've read in years.” ~Blog of the Living Dead  

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Author: J. R. Angelella Reader: Alston Brown Running Time: 10hrs 20min Publisher: AudioGO Ltd Number of CDs: 0 File Quality: MP3 (128 kbps) Release Date: 6/5/12 D/L ISBN: 9781620640951
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