Overview:
"John Ajvide Lindqvist is a master philosopher of the horror genre."
Washington Post Book World
Zombies and human clash in this horror novel by the author of the international bestseller Let the Right One In, for which he wrote the screenplay for the the Swedish smash hit film of the same name, which some critics (see below) have called the best vampire film ever made. John Ajvide Lindqvist has reinvented the vampire genre. Now he’s taken on zombies, and readers everywhere will find themselves utterly consumed by Handling the Undead.
Something peculiar is happening. While the city is enduring a heat wave, people are finding that their electric appliances won’t stay switched off. And everyone has a blinding headache. Then the terrible news breaks – in the city morgue, the newly dead are waking.
David always knew his wife was far too good for him. But he never know how lost he’d be without her until the night she died. Now she’s gone and he’s alone. But when he goes to identify her body, she opens her eye…
Across the city, grieving families find themselves able to see their loved ones one last time. But are these creatures really them? How long can this last? And what deadly price will they have to pay for the chance to see their spouses and children just one more time?
"A unique and humanistic take on the undead that has a place alongside thoughtful horror novels like World War Z."
Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"The first fresh take on the zombie since [Dawn of the Dead]."
Chud.com
"Shivers the spine and hooks the heart."
Hellnotes.com
"Lindqvist is giving us new kinds of monsters."
PopMatters.com
"Sophisticated horror that takes the genre to new and exciting levels."
Suspense Magazine
"A unique standout."
Fright.com
"Will entice longtime zombie fans eager for a subversive examination of some of the horror genre's most recognizable monsters."
Publishers Weekly
‘Horror fans will rejoice…A macabre and strangely affecting tale, at once compassionate, witty and deliciously gruesome.’
Age
‘I would have said his strengths were more cinematic than literary—until I read this. Haunting.’
Weekend Herald NZ
‘Unsettling and shocking.’
Who Weekly
‘In the end it is its compassion, not just for the dead but for the wounded living, that lends Lindqvist’s haunting postmodern fairytale its power.’
James Bradley, Australian
‘Horror is the genre du jour and…Lindqvist is one of the best practitioners around.’
Sunday Telegraph
‘So clever that perhaps it could be the one horror novel not to be missed this year…Lindqvist isn’t afraid to touch nerves and violate taboos.’
Courier-Mail
‘You’ll be leaving the bedside light on after reading this.’
West Australian
‘Unerringly explores the nature of family relationships, how to cope with loss and literally the nature of life and death.’
Canberra Times
‘Lindqvist’s dark star continues to rise with Handling the Undead, a subversion of the zombie genre whose strange glow is proving similarly mesmeric.’
Listener NZ
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And Blessed Are The Ones Who Care For Their
Fellow Men!
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