{"product_id":"9781616950880","title":"Zombie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA zombie movie-obsessed teen is forced to face a dark family secret in this shocking debut literary novel from a talented new author.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wow! A crazy, wicked knock-out of a book!\" -Garth Stein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen-year-old Jeremy Barker attends an all-boys Catholic high school where roving gangs of bullies make his days a living hell. His mother is an absentee pillhead, his older brother a self-diagnosed sex-addict, and his father disappears night after night without explanation. Jeremy navigates it all with a code cobbled together from the zombie movies he's obsessed with: \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e28 Days Late\u003c\/i\u003er, \u003ci\u003ePlanet Terror\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZombieland\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 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, and the reader, to the core.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060990951664,"sku":"9781616950880","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616950880_p0.jpg?v=1763853362","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616950880","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}