Max Brooks "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War"

This does what it says on the tin. Max Brooks travels the world talking to people about what they did during the recent war against the undead menace. It is very evocative of that terrible time. You get the usual stuff – first hand accounts of the Cape Town outbreak, the battle of Yonkers, accounts of the Russian army's self decimation, etc. But there are more personal pieces here too, like the account of one of those who fled to Canada's far north and, in a unique coup, an interview with Paul Redeker, the South African who probably did more to save humanity than anyone else, but at the cost of his own sanity. So yes, an excellent book, and one that demands to be read, although since I started it I have been dreaming about the zombie war at least every second night.

Some of you may have previously read Max Brooks' guide to surviving attacks by the living dead. It saved my life, so I owe Mr Brooks a personal debt of gratitude.