David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest won him accolades as “the voice of Generation X,” kind of like  Seattle-based rock star Kurt Cobain. Both were known to be tortured souls whose lives ended in suicide.
His father (Wallace’s) said the writer had been suffering from depression at the time of his death.
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“The Walking Dead” by Gerald Seymour follows the story of a young Saudi man who travels to England, with dreams and determination to go to paradise a hero for Islam as a suicide bomber. He would, of course, kill many innocent people in the process.
In the book, Seymour inhabits the mind of an idealistic radical who believes in what he is about to do with unwavering fervor.
Writes a BookBrowse reviewer:
“In the hands of a lesser writer, The Walking Dead could have become a run-of-the-mill pot-boiler. What makes this novel noteworthy is Seymour’s attention to the book’s underlying themes. He delves into the question of how young men get into situations where they willingly risk their lives for their ideals, drawing parallels between the suicide bomber and a young volunteer fighting in the Spanish Civil War seventy years earlier (1936 - 1939). Other sub-texts explored are the efficacy of intelligence gathering and old-fashioned detective work, and the roles chance and coincidence play in events.”
“The Walking Dead,” ISBN 9781590200056, is available now from Penguin books.

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