Re-Read #4. World War Z by Max Brooks

Title:	World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War
Author:	Max Brooks
Genre:	Zombie/Thriller/Interview/Alternate History
Synopsis:	A comprehensive and remarkably in depth overview of the zombie war that nearly wiped humanity from the face of the Earth, provided via a series of interviews with different survivors of the conflict. The stories told come from all over the world, from individual accounts of survival to administrators' tales of the challenges involved in turning things around in time to avoid destruction and give humanity a chance of not just enduring but triumphing and rebuilding.
Verdict:	This book stuns me every time. The breadth of geographical, sociopolitical, psychological, technological and cultural knowledge is astounding. The authentic feel of each of the 'narrators'. This book gives me chills. Not just 'argh, zombies!' chills but humanity chills. Using the zombie apocalypse to explore what makes us human and why that's worth fighting for gives World War Z a poignancy that many wouldn't expect from a book about zombies.
Pages:	342
Read:	April 2012