Colson Whitehead, whose latest novel Zone One (Doubleday, 2011) was labeled "a savvy zombie classic" by Justin Cronin, talks about the influence of horror films, including Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Dawn of the Dead (1978), in his work.
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