Breathers: A Zombie's Lament

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Vampires get to be in love and sell millions of books. Why shouldn't zombies get the same privileges? Breathers corrects this egregious oversight with an undead love story that manages, against all odds, to be tender and funny. And full of brains.
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jenfitzpatrick26, March 22, 2009 (view all comments by jenfitzpatrick26)
"If you've never been staked down on the side of a hill and left out to rot at a research facility for human decay, then you probably wouldn't understand."
"If you've never seen someone get his arm torn out of his socket by a gang of drunk college frat boys who slapped in the face with his own hand, then you probably wouldn't understand"

These are just a few quotes from "Breathers, a zombies lament" by S.G. Browne. It is beyond hilarious. It's a world where zombies have been around since before the depression area and Breathers, their name for the living, having been pelting them with food products and using them for such things as crash test dummies since then. One of the funniest aspects of the books is that animal control is responsible for taking them in. They get put in cages like dogs and if they aren't 'claimed' after 72 hours it's off to a research facility or body farm or worse. Highly entertaining and funny!

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Jorge, March 19, 2009 (view all comments by Jorge)
Breathers was written to be read. Its smooth writing style allows it to be read at a fairly fast pace, and even if you have interruptions its easy to pick back up and get immersed right back into it. A trait which makes it excellent as a dark stormy night read, or a day on the beach read, even a waiting room or travel read, or just a watching the kids at the park read.
The tale is so involving and the characters so engaging, I didn't want it to end.
It had all the points a great book should, love, action, tear jerking moments and missing limbs.
Go ahead and check this book out, you'll eat it right up. Yum!

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780767930611

Author:

Browne, S. G.

Publisher:

Broadway Books

Author:

S.G. Browne

Author:

S.G. Browne

Subject:

General

Subject:

Humorous

Subject:

Black humor (Literature)

Subject:

Zombies

Subject:

General Fiction

Subject:

Humor : General

Subject:

Horror

Copyright:

2009

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Publication Date:

20090331

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

320

Dimensions:

8 x 5.15 x 0.7 in 0.55 lb