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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

by Brooks, Max

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 2006. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Tan boards with a brown backstrip. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. 342pps. First edition, first printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The spine-ends are mildly rubbed. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a very slight crinkle at one tip; otherwise as new. The original price (24.95) is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...<big>T</big>he Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years..."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (abbreviated WWZ) is a 2006 post-apocalyptic horror novel by Max Brooks. It is a follow-up to his 2003 book The Zombie Survival Guide. Rather than a grand overview or single narrative, World War Z is a collection of individual accounts in the form of interviews with characters conducted by the author. Brooks plays the role of an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission who published the novel a decade after the Zombie War.

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On Nov 23 2022, a reader said:
This book is an amazing read, it pulled me in to the point that I literally couldn't put it down until my eyes rolled back in my head and I passed out from exhaustion. Pick up a copy and get yourself pulled into the pages as I did. You can thank me later!!!
On Nov 9 2014, a reader said:
Zombie novels have become a very popular sub-genre over the years, but few if any measure up to this one. In it, Max Brooks adopts an unusual literary device to tell the story of a zombie apocalypse and its aftermath. Though a series of wide-ranging “oral history interviews” modeled after the real-life work of Studs Terkel, Brooks recounts the rise of a pandemic that turns millions into the walking undead and the efforts by the survivors to reclaim the planet. Throughout it Brooks provides a commentary on contemporary politics and society that is starting to feel a little dated yet by no means detracts from the horror of the events he describes. By weaving a zombie apocalypse novel out of the tales of its survivors, he creates a work that is both wide-ranging an intimate at the same time, one that is a must-read for anyone who is a fan of the type.

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Title
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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Brooks, Max
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ISBN 10
0307346609
ISBN 13
9780307346605
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published
2006
Keywords
MAX BROOKS WORLD WAR Z FIRST EDITION SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY ZOMBIES UNDEAD HORROR PLAGUE COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS
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