This is one of the most enjoyable books I've read in a long time.

It's rather like "The Man from UNCLE with Zombies", as you might guess from the title. It's well crafted, well paced, and engaging, with likable characters and a pile of plot twists. The title may make you think of "The Man From P.I.G.". However, the story, though it has occasional tongue in cheek elements, is generally serious, and has a lot of the flavor of the old Man from UNCLE stories. Much of the story takes place in cold war East Germany, where some of the best spy stories originate.

The science is roughly on a par with most spy stories -- and it is a very large step up from what we usually encounter in zombie stories. There's at least a hand waving explanation given for most of the stuff that happens, which I found pleasing. (That's in contrast to, say, WWZ, where the utterly impossible nature of the zombies nearly overwhelms the plot).

Finally, without giving anything away, I'll just say there are more than enough human drama elements included in the story to keep it from ever becoming dry.