Mel Brooks, Max Brooks, zombies, and Nazis.(Max, son of Mel, has new book: The Zombie Survival Guide )(Interview)

From: Esquire | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

WITH THE CONSTANT threat of terrorism, a shaky economy, and a sitcom starring Whoopi Goldberg on the air, Americans don't exactly need anything else to worry about. Now comes a book from author Max Brooks warning of a new terror: the living dead. The zombie Survival Guide (Three Rivers Press, $13), a straight-faced parody of campy wilderness handbooks, is so meticulous and well-researched that it's more scary than funny. The book lays out everything you need to know to protect yourself from flesh-eating monsters, including the right way to don chain mail and proper machete ...

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