title: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
author:  Max Brooks 
description: Brooks, the author of the determinedly straight-faced parody <I>The Zombie Survival Guide</I> (2003), returns in all seriousness to the zombie theme for his second outing, a future history in the style of Theodore Judson's <I>Fitzpatrick's War</I>. Brooks tells the story of the world's desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts "as told to the author" by various characters around the world. A Chinese doctor encounters one of the earliest zombie cases at a time when the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing any information about the outbreak that will soon spread across the globe. The tale then follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace. Despite its implausible premise and choppy delivery, the novel is surprisingly hard to put down. The subtle, and not so subtle, jabs at various contemporary politicians and policies are an added bonus. <I>(Sept.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  _Also by Max Brooks_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Zombie Survival Guide
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  World War Z
  
  
  
  
  
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