{"product_id":"how-to-survive-a-plague","title":"How to Survive a Plague","description":"Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction\nWinner of The Green Carnation Prize for LGBTQ literature\nWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT non-fiction\nShortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2017\n\nHow 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. Around the globe, the 15.8 million people taking anti-AIDS drugs today are alive thanks to their efforts. \n\nNot 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. \n\nWeaving 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.\n\n'This superbly written chronicle will stand as a towering work in its field' - Sunday Times\n\n'Inspiring, uplifting and necessary reading' - Steve Silberman author of Neurotribes, Financial Times","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"New - Paperback","offer_id":32686547632213,"sku":"9781509839407N","price":5.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/9781509839407.jpg?v=1598883104","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/how-to-survive-a-plague","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}