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Upon its first publication more than twenty years ago, And the Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigative reporting.

An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. One of the few true modern classics, it changed and framed how AIDS was discussed in the following years. Now republished in a special 20th Anniversary edition, And the Band Played On remains one of the essential books of our time.

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“Shilts successfully weaves comprehensive investigative reporting and commercial page-turning pacing, political intrigue, and personal tragedy into a landmark book . . . Its importance cannot be overstated.” ―Publishers Weekly

“A monumental history.” ―The Washington Post Book World

“The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date . . . It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading.” ―San Francisco Sentinel

“Rivals in power and intensity, and in the brilliance of its reporting and writing, Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.” ―The Boston Globe

“A heroic work of journalism.” ―The New York Times

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Randy Shilts was born in 1951, in Davenport, Iowa. One of the first openly gay journalists hired at a major newspaper, he worked for the San Francisco Chronicle for thirteen years. He died of AIDS in 1994 at his home in the Sonoma County redwoods in California. He was the author of The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1982), And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic (1987), and Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military (1993). He also wrote extensively for many major newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Newsweek, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times, and The Advocate. And the Band Played On was made into a docudrama that was broadcast on HBO in 1993.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Griffin; Second Edition, Revised, 20th Anniversary (Nov. 27 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 656 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312374631
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312374631
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 560 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 4.19 x 20.83 cm

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- #9 in Administration & Policy/Health Policy Textbooks
- #22 in AIDS (Books)

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Takayav

Incredible

Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2020

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Simply put, this is a MASTERPIECE of journalism. Everyone should read this book. It is written with brutal honesty, and compassion. You will find yourself shaking your head in disbelief at the various US govt agencies lack of intelligence and guts, and applauding those who had the strength to continue the frustrating fight. AIDS is a HUMAN issue and we could be so much farther ahead if those in power had the brain cells to realize that fact.

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As a naive heterosexual female, my knowledge of this crisis was limited at best. Until I had a colleague who was a dear friend, die of Aids in 1997.

Reviewed in Canada on September 7, 2019

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This book illuminated the tragic path of this epidemic and the true horror of the apathetic response by many players. Hopefully this journalism contributes to it never happening again. I could not put this book down.

Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2020

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I'm only a few pages in, but the writing is fantastic. Very informative novel.

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David

I was left with an impact other than what the author intended

Reviewed in Canada on April 11, 2014

I read this book when it first came out in 1987. I found it a very thorough and enlightening book on the expansion of the AIDS epidemic in the gay community. One of the best I have read on the subject. But the authors intended effort to place the blame on the CDC and NHS or even Reagan and Koop did not connect with me- not that more couldn't have been done by them all. This was the first book I have ever read that physically sickened me when reading it. As I read of the different sexual behaviors that took place in the bath houses throughout the country I could only ask, "Why are we surprised that AIDS and other STD;s traveled so fast and so extensively in the gay community?" It was a disaster waiting to happen with the unhealthy practices that were taking place. There is more than enough blame to go around but ultimately the only way to reduce the risks is to change the behaviors that lead to them. Over the years since reading the book I have tried to track the disease and I am concerned that what should have been a wake up call for all of us has not been heeded. The CDC's latest study on the issue is a cause for concern (CDC Website: [...]) that I hope will remind us the solution, whatever that may be, has not yet be realized.

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Cam Macleod

Seems hard to believe its true.

Reviewed in Canada on September 27, 2019

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Very well written and interesting. Hard to believe what took place and how government responded.

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Kath Marshall

Great, informative book!!!

Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2020

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I could not put this book down!

Reviewed in Canada on March 1, 2016

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This is a big read, but covers all view points of the AIDS epidemic, victims, the researchers, government and politics. Fantastic read.

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Granite in a stream

and their loved ones. Their young deaths are truly heartbreaking

Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2018

Shilts' comprehensive review of the beginning of the AIDS epidemic is an outstanding book. He explores HIV/AIDS from many perspectives: from the biological and medical struggle to identify the causative virus, including the competitive aspects of virus discovery and then attempts at drug discovery; to the political and economic enviroment that inhibited early prevention and education campaigns, to the very personal stories of young men diagnosed in the early years, many of whom were AIDS activists themselves. It is those personal stories that make this a must-read: even though the book has so much varied content, Shilts gets the reader to feel the struggle and the pain of those men, and their loved ones. Their young deaths are truly heartbreaking. What is also heartbreaking are the barriers that got in the way of educating young men in the early years; but Shilts doesn't provide easy answers, and really gets to the meat of why various politicians, and even members of the gay community, resisted strategies like shutting down bath houses, which in retrospect seem so obvious.

It's hard to believe that we didn't even know what AIDS was 40 years ago. We have come far, but it's interesting also that although this book was written 30 years ago, and we have come far in terms of treatment, a vaccine is still not available (although according to the book some scientists promised one would be ready short years after HIV was discovered), and there is still stigma around the diagnosis.

The book really makes real the terror that people, particularly young gay men, must have felt in those early years, confronted with a killer that they didn't fully understand.

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chandler

Phenomenal

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024

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c bakewell

detailed and thorough examination of the numerous Agents involved at the start of AIDS

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2023

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This is not a book for those who need an Introduction to the Aids epidemic. At 600 pages, I found myself quite overwhelmed particularly as I’m not from the States - their policies and politics are so new to me.
However, the author does look at all those involved without favour ( as a Gay man with HIV, he doesn’t pretend that such a sizeable USA group were sensible particularly when there was such little understanding and help)
Readers should note that Gaeten Dugas was also a victim and not necessarily the first person to infect as many people as first thought. Mr Shilts was dead shortly after publication so he could not amend his theory

Kunde

Ein hervorragendes Buch über die Anfänge der AIDS-Pandemie

Reviewed in Germany on March 7, 2022

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Meine Erwartungen an "And the Band Played On" waren nach diversen Reviews, die ich vorab gelesen hatte, hoch. Und sie wurden nicht enttäuscht.

Randy Shirts schafft es, die Anfänge der AIDS-Epidemie beeindruckend zu schildern, einen Einblick in die gerade am Anfang besonders betroffene Gay Community zu gewähren und das Versagen der Politik zu entlarven. Das Buch ist nicht nur hervorragend recherchiert und zeichnet die Abläufe der Epidemie umfangreich nach. Da das Buch in unzählige kurze Abschnitte aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven gegliedert ist, nimmt man auch unmittelbar Anteil an den Schicksalen vieler früher Opfer der Epidemie. Eine klare Leseempfehlung.

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Paolo Carboni

Copertina un po' sgualcita

Reviewed in Italy on October 2, 2021

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Consegna veloce di un libro poco noto in Italia e quindi di non facile reperibilità. Copertina un po' sgualcita, per questo non ho dato il massimo

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Pablo

Hay que leerlo

Reviewed in Spain on April 10, 2021

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Super documentado y tremendo. El testimonio de una epidemia letal complicada por los entresijos de la política, las rivalidades científicas y el rechazo social. Imprescindible.

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