Books by David France
How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed Aids
by David France
***Winner of the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction***
David France was a gay man living in New York City in the early 1980s. The book tells the story of how his social circle was decimated by the disease, but it also tells the story of how AIDS, ultimately and in the face of great prejudice, changed social attitudes towards homosexuality. On top of the personal and social story, he tells the industrial/science story of how big pharma and governments sought to come up with a cure for the disease.
Interviews where books by David France were recommended
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The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times
by Christopher de Bellaigue -
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How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed Aids
by David France -
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Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe
by Kapka Kassabova -
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An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
by Daniel Mendelsohn -
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To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
by Mark O'Connell -
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Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492–1900
by Simon Schama
Best Nonfiction Books of 2017, recommended by Peter Bazalgette
Best Nonfiction Books of 2017, recommended by Peter Bazalgette
It’s hard to choose the very best nonfiction books of 2017, but the Baillie Gifford Prize aims to do just that. The chair of this year’s judging panel, Peter Bazalgette, talks us through the six fabulous books that made the shortlist.
