Thursday, January 17, 2013

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Last Night. The end of the world. A plague. A zombie virus of sorts that has mutated. This is a zombie story. This is a wordy painting, a picture of life after for the survivors. It’s a smart book. Yes I said smart and zombie about the same story.

Set in my hometown, NYC, Zone One is the story of Mark Spitz, no not the actual Olympian but a sweeper, that is one who goes into buildings and stores checking for the dead as they call them, but really they are the undead. His unit’s job is to help the new government get NYC ready to be repopulated.

Will it work?

(read Nov. 2011)

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