My Goodreads review: Fauci

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Fauci by Michael Specter

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This right-sized (3 hours) biography is both entertaining & solidly informative without being long-winded. In addition to Dr. Anthony Fauci's current work in the fight against COVID-19, Specter devotes considerable time to Fauci's achievements against AIDS (& elsewhere). There's enough early biographical info to give listeners a sense of Fauci as a person, but the focus of this audiobook is on his work against viruses -- and, to a lesser extent, on America's struggles to get up to speed on the latest one. Specter also includes information on the future of viral research, a topic as hopeful as it is deeply frightening.

Anyone curious about the human behind the headlines will find this a worthwhile listening experience, though it's obvious that Specter (reading his own work) is very enthusiastic about his subject, and has some political views of his own.



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