Zone One

by Colson Whitehead

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In this brilliantly original take on the post-apocalyptic horror novel, American novelist Colson Whitehead shakes up the zombie genre with genius results.

A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. Now the plague is receding, and Americans are busy rebuilding civilisation under orders from the provisional government based in Buffalo. Their top mission: the resettlement of Manhattan. Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street - aka 'Zone One' - eliminating the most dangerous plague victims, but pockets of infected squatters remain. Teams...

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  • ISBN10 1846555981
  • ISBN13 9781846555985
  • Publish Date 6 October 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 17 January 2017
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Harvill Secker
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 272
  • Language English