{"product_id":"plague-year","title":"Plague Year By Wright, Lawrence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A virtuoso feat ... a book of panoramic breadth'' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A devastating analysis ... Wright is a master of knitting together complex narratives'' \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as Lawrence Wright''s \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower \u003c\/i\u003ebecame the defining account of our century''s first devastating event, 9\/11, so \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e will become the defining account of the second.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story starts with the initial moments of Covid''s appearance in Wuhan and ends with Joseph Biden''s inauguration in an America ravaged by well over 400,000 deaths - a mortality already some ten times worse than US combat deaths in the entire Vietnam War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an anguished, furious memorial to a year in which all of America''s great strengths - its scientific knowledge, its great civic and intellectual institutions, its spirit of voluntarism and community - were brought low, not by a terrifying new illness alone, but by political incompetence and cynicism on a scale for which there has been no precedent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith insight, sympathy, clarity and rage, \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Year \u003c\/i\u003eallows the reader to see the unfolding of this great tragedy, talking with individuals on the front line, bringing together many moving and surprising stories and painting a devastating picture of a country literally and fatally misled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Maddening and sobering - as comprehensive an account of the first year of the pandemic as we''ve yet seen'' \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57675724554622,"sku":"NW9780141998138","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141998138.jpg?v=1783823373","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/plague-year","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}