Description: In this "frightening and fascinating masterpiece" (Walter Isaacson), David Quammen explores the true origins of HIV/AIDS.
Brief description: David Quammen is the author of The Song of the Dodo, among other books. He has been honored with the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an award in the art of the essay from PEN, and (three times) the National Magazine Award. Quammen is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.
Review Quotes: To call David Quammen one of our greatest science writers is to belittle him. He is one of our greatest writers, period.--Hampton Sides, best-selling narrative historian and editor at large at Outside magazine