And the Band Played On
by Randy Shilts
Recommended by Clara Jeffery and Michael Ian Black
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Marriage, Politics, and Science.
Upon its first publication twenty years ago, And The Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigatve reporting. An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's w...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Marriage, Politics, and Science.
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Michael Ian Black
“Book is great but the movie pretty great too and horrifying similar failure of politicized science, just a way shorter timetable now | Timely book recommendation: if you've never read it, AND THE BAND PLAYED ON is Randy Shilts' incredible telling of the early days of the AIDS epidemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci has a starring, and heroic, role.”
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