REVIEW: “World War Z” by Max Brooks (2006)

YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2006
PUBLISHER: Three Rivers Press (imprint of Crown Publishing Group, division of Random House, Inc.)
LENGTH: 342 pages (paperback edition)
HARDCOVER? (Y/N): Y
PAPERBACK? (Y/N): Y
KINDLE? (Y/N): Y
AUDIOBOOK? (Y/N):  Y (abridged CD)
RATING (1-5): 4

SYNOPSIS: This is a survivors’ story, told from the perspective of an unofficial chronicler of the recent zombie apocalypse, using interviews with key figures from a conflict that nearly spelled the end of humanity. Their first-person accounts serve to flesh out the scope and horror of the pandemic, which wiped out a vast cross-section of the human race. Although, in true zombie fashion “wiped out” is a misnomer; get bitten, or partially eaten, and you die… but you then reanimate as a flesh-craving walking corpse. A vaguely supernatural explanation is hinted at, but never confirmed or elaborated upon.