“The
kind of smart, funny, pop culture-filled tale that would make George
Romero proud…[Whitehead] succeeds brilliantly with a fresh take on
survival, grief, 9/11, AIDS, global warming, nuclear holocaust, Katrina,
Abu Ghraib, Pol Pot’s Year Zero, Missouri tornadoes, and the many other
disasters both natural and not that keep a stranglehold on our fears.”Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This diabolically smart, covertly sensitive, ruminative, and witty zombie nightmare prods us to think about how we dehumanize others, how society tramples and consumes individuals, how flimsy our notions of law and order are, and how easily deluded and profoundly vulnerable humankind is. A deft, wily, and unerving blend of pulse-elevating action and sniper-precise satire."
Booklist, starred review
Colson Whitehead is the author of the national best seller Sag Harbor and the novels The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, and Apex Hides the Hurt, as well as The Colossus of New York, a collection of essays. A recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, he lives in New York City.
Event date:
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 7:00pm
Event address:
Porter Square Shopping Center
25 White Street
02140 Cambridge
us