![]() ![]() The usual inexplicable plague has struck the world, causing all of society to collapse on "Last Night". He's written serious historical and contemporary fiction, but in a surprising move, he has now turned his hand to that most ubiquitous of modern phenomena: zombies. A MacArthur grant recipient, he's been shortlisted for both a Pulitzer and a National Book Award. Idea versus performance, though, can be a useful way of overcoming reading prejudices, particularly in a book as boundary-blurring as Zone One by Colson Whitehead.īy nearly any definition, Whitehead is a literary writer of impeccable credentials. And not every literary novel disappears up its own arse, but oh, yes, some definitely do. Not every detective or fantasy novel is brilliantly written, no, but some certainly are. At their extremes, both arguments are hogwash, of course. ![]()
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