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What Anne Rice did for vampire fiction, Philip Nutman has done for the zombie genre . . . an impressive first novel.--John Scaleri, "The Horror Factory."

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This is an excellent book that kept me thrilled the entire way. I could barely put it down as I whipped through it in just two days. The premise is taken straight out of Night of the Living Dead, a comet cuts close enough to Earth to cause havoc by allowing the dead to revive and eat the living. In fact, a short story version of WET WORK first appeared in the anthology BOOK OF THE DEAD.

But the book involves much more than zombies eating flesh. The characters are so realistic that you can recognize any of them as neighbors, friends and family. And they pull you in to their lives, sharing their problems, making you cheer them on while they try to solve their problems. Of course, not all the problems are solved easily; the zombies have to show more have someone to eat. However you will still find the book riveting and not something to be missed. I know that I need to hunt down more of Nutman's books and enjoy them. Oh yeah, an extra bonus for comic book fans is that many of the characters are named after well known comic book writers and artists. It doesn't detract or add to the story itself but it is fun to find out some comic book favorites are "in" the story. show less
A great zombie horror, one that gives some of the zombies a working brain and some thought pattern: absolute genius.

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Reinert, Kirk (Cover artist)

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Canonical title
Wet Work
Important events
Zombie Apocalypse
First words
Pain
Blurbers
Barker, Clive; King, Stephen; Skipp, John; Spector, Craig; Huston, Shaun; Collins, Nancy A. (show all 8); Koja, Kathie; Winter, Douglas E.

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Fiction and Literature, Horror, General Fiction
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813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999

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Rating
½ (3.57)
Languages
English
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Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
4
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