Kate's review
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
Kate's review
rating:
bookshelves: read-for-school
recommended for: Everyone!
status: Read in November, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: read-for-school
recommended for: Everyone!
status: Read in November, 2007
Holy cow, what an awesome, awesome, book. Randy Shilts chronicles the AIDS epidemic from its beginnings in Africa, Europe, and its entry to the U.S. in 1976, through 1988 when it had exploded into the world. Shilts was a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and this book is a seamless compilation of all of the articles he wrote throughout the AIDS epidemic. Through this story, you get a glimpse of just how badly we as a country screwed up, resulting in the AIDS epidemic we have today. There are unscrupulous scientists, amazing shoe-leather epidemiologists, heroes and villains; No one escapes unscathed, including the gay community. This is a MUST READ for everyone. It's very long, but reads with a Harry Potter-like page turnability. Seriously. READ THIS BOOK!!!!
