{"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":57608146354502,"sku":"9781509839407","price":16.97,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/3081\/3510\/files\/377dec8094b41416caa90ed53bfdd31044f44230b6913f9a11611e1e4ab753f9.jpg?v=1792138376","url":"https:\/\/www.averdo.com\/en\/products\/how-to-survive-a-plague","provider":"Averdo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}