World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)

Author: Max Brooks (Author)
Hardcover: 352 pages
Paperback: Yes
Publisher: Crown (September 12, 2006)

From Publishers Weekly:
Brooks, the author of the determinedly straight-faced parody The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), returns in all seriousness to the zombie theme for his second outing, a future history in the style of Theodore Judson’s Fitzpatrick’s War. Brooks tells the story of the world’s desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts “as told to the author” by various characters around the world. A Chinese doctor encounters one of the earliest zombie cases at a time when the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing any information about the outbreak that will soon spread across the globe. The tale then follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace. Despite its implausible premise and choppy delivery, the novel is surprisingly hard to put down. The subtle, and not so subtle, jabs at various contemporary politicians and policies are an added bonus. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

For testing, we have settled on World War Z as our first book. No real reason aside from the fact that a couple of us already have it in our Amazon Cart and we have not read it. The official beginning of the BotM will be June, so let’s continue discussing what that book should be. This will be a nice easy speed read for anyone who wants to help test out the Book of the Month forums.

This is not out in paperback yet, but future choices should have both paperback and hardcover choices.

If you own this already, or have already read it, feel free to jump into the discussions