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By Jonathan Engel. 388 pp., illustrated. New York, Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2006. $28.95. ISBN 978-0-06-114488-2.

The epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS has become the Rorschach epidemic. Popular accounts often reveal more about their authors than about HIV and AIDS, which are relegated to supporting roles in service of some broader agenda. The Epidemic is an exception to this trend. Through a painstaking medical, cultural, and political narrative, Jonathan Engel largely lets the story of HIV and AIDS speak for itself, from its emergence in 1981 through the present. His only real themes are that AIDS is neither message nor metaphor — it "simply is, as are we" — and that attempts . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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