{"id":8313,"date":"2016-02-05T10:20:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T15:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/?p=7486"},"modified":"2016-02-05T10:20:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T15:20:51","slug":"review-the-last-weekend-a-novel-of-zombies-booze-and-power-tools-by-nick-mamatas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-the-last-weekend-a-novel-of-zombies-booze-and-power-tools-by-nick-mamatas\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#039;The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools&#039; by Nick Mamatas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Weekend-Novel-Zombies-Booze\/dp\/1597808423\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1454213942&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+last+weekend+a+novel+of+zombies+booze+and+power+tools\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7491\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Last-193x300.jpg?resize=193%2C300\" alt=\"Last\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/>The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Nick Mamatas<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Night Shade Books\u00a0(January 2016)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>252\u00a0pages; $33 hardcover; $12.22 paperback; $9,99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankMErrington\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Michaels Errington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite having the word &#8220;Zombies&#8221; in the title, this novel is far from your typical zombie fare. If you&#8217;re looking for a brain munching gore-fest, you may want to look elsewhere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, if you&#8217;re familiar with the Billy Wilder directed film-noir, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lost Weekend<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u00a0based on Charles R. Jackson&#8217;s 1944 novel of the same name about an alcoholic writer, then you&#8217;re in for a real treat.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is within this context that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a great success. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In post apocalyptic San Francisco, Vasilis \u201cBilly\u201d Kostopolos, failed writer and accomplished barfly, finds work as a &#8220;driller&#8221; for the city. It&#8217;s his job to respond to calls to find the newly dead and destroy their brain before they can reanimate. There&#8217;s a great line in his interview for the job where one of the interviewers asks his current occupation. When Billy responds with writer, the second interviewer tells the first to put down &#8220;unemployed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mamatas fills this story with interesting characters, top to bottom; even incidental characters, like a typewriter salesman, are fully fleshed out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a solid literary work on the life of a &#8220;writer&#8221; after the onset of the zombie apocalypse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First published in March of 2014 by PS Publishing, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is now available in hardback, paperback, and e-book formats from Night Shade Books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools\u00a0by\u00a0Nick Mamatas Night Shade Books\u00a0(January 2016) 252\u00a0pages; $33 hardcover; $12.22 paperback; $9,99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington Despite having the word &#8220;Zombies&#8221; in the title, this novel is far from your typical zombie fare. If you&#8217;re looking for a brain munching gore-fest, you may want &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-the-last-weekend-a-novel-of-zombies-booze-and-power-tools-by-nick-mamatas\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: &#039;The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools&#039; by Nick Mamatas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[312,604,605,42,606,381,79,607],"class_list":["post-8313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-frank-michaels-errington","tag-and-power-tools","tag-booze","tag-featured","tag-nick-mamatas","tag-night-shade-books","tag-reviews","tag-the-last-weekend-a-novel-of-zombies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: &#039;The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools&#039; 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