And the Band Played On - Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Hardcover, Turtleback School & Library ed.)

A masterpiece of investigative reporting, And the Band Played On is one of the few true modern classics. An international bestseller on its 1987 publication, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award and, in 1993, made into an all-star HBO movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early '80s while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. A book that has become the very foundation for the ongoing debate about the greatest medical crisis of the century, And the Band Played On is "a textbook on how institutions work -- or fail to work -- in the face of such a threat." (San Francisco Examiner) With a new introduction by Rolling Stone national reporter and bestselling author William Greider, it remains as compelling, heartbreaking, enraging, and critically important as ever.