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Zone OneColson WhiteheadDoubleday, $25.95, 272 pp.

Anthony Domestico

Zone One is a zombie novel. Sure, it’s a “literary” zombie novel, with better writing and more complex characterization than your typical tale of the undead. But it is still a zombie novel, through and through, and Whitehead, one of the most critically respected writers of his generation, is unashamed to embrace the genre in all its pulpy glory.

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