![]() The protagonist Mark Spitz is part of Omega Unit, and along with the gaunt Gary and the ever-practical unit leader Kaitlyn he moves up and down office towers and apartment blocks searching for any remaining “skels” or “stragglers.” Skels resemble a typical zombie-hungry for human flesh, in a state of decomposition, more dangerous in groups, and vicious-the stragglers, less so. With three long chapters titled “Friday,” “Saturday,” and “Sunday,” Zone Onedescribes the passing of three days in the titular segment of Manhattan. So if you’re looking for a place to dig into that novel, I would start there. Who wants to do readings in their conclusion anyway? This was largely influenced by Andrew Hoberek’s excellent review of Whitehead’s zombie novel (the full citation appears in my citations). ![]() In a moment of poetic justice I am cannibalizing it into a sharper reflective section. *** The following is a chunk from the Epilogue of my dissertation. ![]()
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