World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

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The cult novel that propelled the zombie genre into mainstream pop culture, now a blockbuster film starring and directed by Brad Pitt. It began with rumours from China about another pandemic. Then the cases started to multiply and what had looked like the stirrings of a criminal underclass, even the beginnings of a revolution, soon revealed itself to be much, much worse. Faced with a future of mindless, man-eating horror humanity was forced to accept the logic of world government and face events that tested our sanity and our sense of reality. Based on extensive interviews with survivors and key players in the 10-year fight-back against the horde, World War Z brings the very finest traditions of American journalism to bear on what is surely the most incredible story in the history of civilisation. AUTHOR: Max Brooks is the bestselling author the prescient Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead as well as the graphic novel Recorded Attacks and the blockbuster film starring and directed by Brad Pitt World War Z. He has received hundreds of awards and honorary degrees from around the world for his hugely successful zombie franchise.

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'An absolute must have... Brooks infuses his writing with such precise detail and authenticity, one wonders if he knows something we don't'Simon Pegg

The best science fiction has traditionally been steeped in social commentary. World War Z continues that legacy...We haven't been this excited about a book without pictures since well, since everMetro

'Brilliant'Time Out

'Max Brooks really is the godfather of all the zombie stories'The Sun

'When the zombie apocalypse arrives, we'll be at Max Brooks' house... As a horror story, it's exciting. As a parable, it's terrifying'Empire, 5-starred review

Prepare to be entranced by thisaddictively readableoral history of the great war between humans and zombies... Will grab you as tightly as a dead mans fistEntertainment Weekly

[Brooks] iron-jaw narrative is studded with practical advice on what to do when the zombies come, as they surely will.A literate, ironic, strangely tasty treatKirkus Reviews

A sober, frequently horrifying and even moving account...Brooks has delivered a full-blown horror novel, laced with sharp social and political observations and loads of macabre, gruesome imageryFangoria

Author Bio

Max Brooks is the bestselling author ofThe Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, Closure Limitedand the graphic novelRecorded Attacks.He has also written for Saturday Night Live for which he won an Emmy.