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How to survive a plague by david france5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Inspiring, uplifting and necessary reading' - Steve Silberman author of Neurotribes, Financial Times. 'This superbly written chronicle will stand as a towering work in its field' - Sunday Times. Weaving together the stories of dozens of individuals, this is an insider's account of a pivotal moment in our history and one that changed the way that medical science is practised worldwide. Not since the publication of Randy Shilts's now classic And the Band Played On in 1987 has a book sought to measure the AIDS plague in such brutally human, intimate, and soaring terms. Around the globe, the 15.8 million people taking anti-AIDS drugs today are alive thanks to their efforts. How to Survive a Plague by David France is the riveting, powerful and profoundly moving story of the AIDS epidemic and the grass-roots movement of activists, many of them facing their own life-or-death struggles, who grabbed the reins of scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2017. As befits a Greek tragedy, France ends on a note of pathos, returning to the story with which he begins his book: the mysterious death of Spencer Cox, Harrington’s right-hand man who is widely. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT non-fiction. Winner of The Green Carnation Prize for LGBTQ literature. Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. ![]()
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