One of the things that really struck me about the book is the style of Oates’ first-person narration through his diary entries.

Quentin is under the supervision of his worried parents and his court-appointed psychiatrist, but none of them have realized that he’s graduated to serial killing and is trying to find the right victim to lobotomize and turn into his personal zombie sex slave. It’s the epistolary story of Quentin P., the under-achieving son of a college professor who is out on parole after being put on trial for sexually molesting a teenager.

The Numbered and Lettered editions are signed by Joyce Carol Oates and Laurel Hausler and the Artist edition is signed by Laurel Hausler.Zombie is a 1995 novel by Joyce Carol Oates. The text is set in Univers and the editions are printed offset on premium archival papers.

The editions measure 6” x 9” and feature six mixed media illustrations by Laurel Hausler as well as a new introduction by the author. The signed limited edition of Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates is presented in three states: Artist, Numbered and Lettered. Zombie was awarded the 1995 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel. Zombie succeeds at a profound level, simultaneously horrifying the reader and demonstrating that nothing human is alien to us.” Kramer wrote of the novel, “At the heart of Zombie are chastening paradoxes: Depicting the worst in human nature, Oates embodies our saving virtues, empathy, imagination and wonder. Upon its publication in 1995, Zombie was proclaimed the author’s “boldest, most disturbing masterwork… demonstrating why Oates ranks among America’s most respected and accomplished literary artists.” Bestselling author and psychiatrist Peter D. Devastating in its impact, Zombie provides a psychologically astute portrait of the cold calculation and dark obsession that can make a serial killer horrifyingly successful and maddeningly elusive. With each page of his diary, Quentin details his obsession with creating a “zombie”-a lobotomized young man to serve as a sex slave-while interspersing recollections of his past nefarious deeds. Zombie views the world through the eyes of Quentin P., newly paroled sex offender, as he chillingly evolves from rapist to mass murderer. Written in the form of journal entries-collections of thoughts broken up by screaming capital letters and crude marker drawings- Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates is a brilliant, unflinching journey into the psychotic consciousness of a serial killer.