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The phrase the thinking person’s something may be terminally overused, but surely that’s what Colson Whitehead has accomplished in Zone One-a savvy zombie classic, the best addition to the genre since George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. And then things start to go terribly wrong…Īt once a chilling horror story and a literary novel by a contemporary master, Zone One is a dazzling portrait of modern civilization in all its wretched, shambling glory. Guest Reviewer: Justin Cronin on Zone One by Colson Whitehead. Zone One unfolds over three surreal days in which Spitz is occupied with the mundane mission of straggler removal, the rigors of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder (PASD), and the impossible task of coming to terms with a fallen world. Colson Whitehead is a literary novelist, but his latest book, Zone One, features zombies, which means horror fans and gore gourmands will soon have him on their radar.

And that fantasy lures in tens of thousands or hundreds of. Mark Spitz is a member of one of the three-person civilian sweeper units tasked with clearing lower Manhattan of the remaining feral zombies. Colson Whitehead: Zone One ’s main character Spitz has always dreamed of coming to New York and living that Manhattan dream.

"One of the best books of the year." -EsquireĪfter the worst of the plague is over, armed forces stationed in Chinatown’s Fort Wonton have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street-aka Zone One.

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys: A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Streetaka Zone Onebut pockets of plague-ridden squatters remain.