World War Z by Max Brooks (2006, Hardcover)

What if George Romero's popular cult film "Night of the Living Dead" was based on fact? What if there really were zombies knocking at your door? Would you know what to do? Would the government know how to protect you from these creatures? This is the basis of a new book by Max Brooks.

This is the first book written by Brooks that I've read. And it is quite the story. Even though it's fiction, it's written as if the author was actually interviewing and reporting on the world wide disaster called the Zombie War. AND nobody was prepared for this type of disaster. According to the dust jacket "Mr Brooks subsequently spent years traveling to every part of the globe in order to conduct the face-to-face interviews..." This is a horror story with a strong underlying vein of humor with generous dashes of sarcasm thrown in for flavor. Just my type of read!

Since horror stories are one of the most favorite types of books for me to read, I couldn't resist when I saw this novel on the shelf at a local bookstore. I bought it, read it and liked it so much that I'm going to go back to that store and buy a copy of Max Brook's previous book, The Zombie Survival Guide. After all, I used to be a Girl Scout and I want to be prepared. I mean, what if this is really a true story ?!?