{"product_id":"how-to-survive-a-plague","title":"How to Survive a Plague","description":"The riveting, powerful and profoundly moving story of the AIDS epidemic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of The Green Carnation Prize for LGBTQ literature\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT non-fiction\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to Survive a Plague by David France is a social and scientific history of AIDS, 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. Around the globe, the 15.8 million people taking anti-AIDS drugs today are alive thanks to their efforts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This superbly written chronicle will stand as a towering work in its field'' - Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Inspiring, uplifting and necessary reading'' - Steve Silberman author of Neurotribes, Financial Times","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57068271370575,"sku":"9781509839407","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781509839407_1-how-to-survive-a-plague.jpg?v=1771475461","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/how-to-survive-a-plague","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}