ZombieMeet Quentin P. He is a problem for his professor father and his loving mother. He is a challenge for his court-appointed psychiatrist. He is a thoroughly sweet young man for his wealthy grandmother. He is the most believable and thoroughly terrifying sexual psychopath and killer ever to be brought to life in fiction, as Joyce Carol Oates achieves a bold and brilliant triumph-a dazzling work of art that extends the borders of the novel into the darkest heart of truth. |
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... talk . My tongue gets in the way of my talking . Dr. B____ throws out a question as he says to get the guys talking . They're bullshit masters . I admire them . I sit inside my clothes staring at my shoes . My whole body is a numb ...
... talk . My tongue gets in the way of my talking . Dr. B____ throws out a question as he says to get the guys talking . They're bullshit masters . I admire them . I sit inside my clothes staring at my shoes . My whole body is a numb ...
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... talking to me and I didn't hear . They had me quarantined as they called it . Ninety- one percent of inmates at the ... talking . Nor EYE CONTACT with anybody . It was observed how for that period of in- carceration Q____ P_____ was not ...
... talking to me and I didn't hear . They had me quarantined as they called it . Ninety- one percent of inmates at the ... talking . Nor EYE CONTACT with anybody . It was observed how for that period of in- carceration Q____ P_____ was not ...
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... talking with one of the younger men , in uniform . & I interrupted the lawyer who was speaking of suing for harassment if more of this ensued , & said , “ Maybe — maybe I could t - talk to them , after all . " " Excuse me ? " " The ...
... talking with one of the younger men , in uniform . & I interrupted the lawyer who was speaking of suing for harassment if more of this ensued , & said , “ Maybe — maybe I could t - talk to them , after all . " " Excuse me ? " " The ...
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