World War Z
First edition cover
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| Author | Max Brooks |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror, post-apocalyptic fiction |
| Published | 2006 (Crown) |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 342 pp |
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| OCLC | 65340967 |
| 813/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3602.R6445 W67 2006 |
| Preceded by | The Zombie Survival Guide |
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006) is an apocalyptic horror novel by Max Brooks. The novel is a collection of individual accounts narrated by an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission, following the devastating global conflict against the zombie plague. Other passages record a decade-long desperate struggle, as experienced by people of various nationalities. The personal accounts also describe the resulting social, political, religious, and environmental changes.
World War Z is a follow-up to Brooks' "survival manual" The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), but its tone is much more serious. It was inspired by The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two (1984) by Studs Terkel, and by the zombie films of George A. Romero. Brooks used World War Z to comment on government ineptitude and American isolationism, while also examining survivalism and uncertainty. The novel was a commercial hit and was praised by most critics.
Its audiobook version, performed by a full cast including Alan Alda, Mark Hamill, and John Turturro, won an Audie Award in 2007. A film with the same name as the novel, directed by Marc Forster and starring Brad Pitt, was released in 2013.
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