A masterpiece of investigative reporting, And the Band Played On is the definitive history of the spread of AIDS throughout the USA in the 1980's. Randy Shilts was employed by the 'The San Francisco Chronicle' to cover gay issues in 1981, the year AIDS came to international attention, and from 1982
And the band played on politics, people and the AIDS epidemic
โ Scribed by Randy Shilts
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press;Griffin
- Year
- 1988;2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 476 KB
- Edition
- 20. anniversary ed., [Nachdr.];20th-Anniversary Edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0312374631
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Upon it's 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 while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. One of the few true modern classics, it changed and framed how AIDS was discussed in the following years. Now republished in a special 20th Anniversary edition, And the Band Played On remains one of the essential books of our time.
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