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Also by Colson Whitehead:

Cool Machine, August 2026
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The Underground Railroad, August 2016
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The Noble Hustle, May 2014
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Zone One, July 2012
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Zone One, October 2011
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ZONE ONE
By: Colson Whitehead

Anchor
July 2012
On Sale: July 10, 2012
336 pages
ISBN: 0307455173
EAN: 9780307455178
Kindle: B004KPM23O
Paperback / e-Book
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Science Fiction Suspense/Thriller

A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. After the worst of the plague is over, armed forces stationed in Chinatown’s Fort Wonton have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street—aka Zone One. Mark Spitz is a member of one of the three-person civilian sweeper units tasked with clearing lower Manhattan of the remaining feral zombies. Zone One unfolds over three surreal days in which Spitz is occupied with the mundane mission of straggler removal, the rigors of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder (PASD), and the impossible task of coming to terms with a fallen world. And then things start to go terribly wrong…

At once a chilling horror story and a literary novel by a contemporary master, Zone One is a dazzling portrait of modern civilization in all its wretched, shambling glory.

Media Buzz

Studio 360 - February 2, 2013
Fresh Air - NPR - July 20, 2012