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Despatches from the Zombie War, read the bestselling cult horror classic - over two million copies sold!

About the Author

Max Brooks is the author of 2003's Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead. He has since received hundreds of awards and honorary degrees from around the world. Last year he received the joint Papal and UN citation, Pro Humanitate.

Reviews

'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, writer and director, Shaun of the Dead '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* review 'A cracking read ... Brooks has hit gruesome gold with this beauty ... one of the best books I've read all year' The Darkside Magazine 'Every page of Word War Z screams 'film" - SFX"

'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, writer and director, Shaun of the Dead '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* review 'A cracking read ... Brooks has hit gruesome gold with this beauty ... one of the best books I've read all year' The Darkside Magazine 'Every page of Word War Z screams 'film" - SFX"

As the author of the deadpan Zombie Survival Guide, Brooks (son of filmmaker Mel) is clearly qualified to write this globe-spanning "global history" of a war that will begin sometime soon. The book owes a debt to George Romero's Living Dead films, with their hordes of moaning ghouls, but that kind of monster-movie action is secondary to the individual stories of both major world players and front-line grunts in the war against the undead. Woven through the narrative are an undercurrent of social commentary and musings on the nature of fear and hope. This infectious and compelling book will have nervous readers watching the streets for zombies. Recommended for all public libraries. Karl G. Siewert, Tulsa City-Cty. Lib. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.