Ben Marcus & Colson Whitehead: Unspeakable Horror With Satirical Tales
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Humans are fighting back against a zombie outbreak in Colson Whitehead’s Zone One with ordinary guy Mark Spitz part of an armed unit patrolling the New York streets. As we dip into Spitz’s past life, he wonders whether a doomsday scenario is about to unfold. Ben Marcus’ innovative The Flame Alphabet zooms in on a virus which originates in the speech of children and kills their parents. Part of Edinburgh International Book Festival
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Edinburgh Book Festival 2012 day planner
3 Aug 2012
Julia Donaldson, AC Grayling, AL Kennedy, Alexander McCall Smith and more
Saturday 11 Julia Donaldson The Glasgow-based Children’s Laureate kicks off the Book Festival with a performance-based show in which she brings life to stories such as The Gruffalo and Superworm. Hubbie Malcolm will be on hand to help things along.
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