We’re in interesting time in the genre universe. Mainstream writers are dropping in and writing genre books and some are even staying around and playing in the genre universe for awhile. The latest to jump in is Colson Whitehead with his post-apocalyptic zombie novel, Zone One. One of the advantages of literary writers playing in genre writing is that we can get more well-written genre books. The disadvantage is when they try to write it in a literary style that really doesn’t work well with the subject matter. Whitehead’s novel leans more to the disadvantage side. Let’s check it out to see what doesn’t work.