The Wisdom of Whores - Softcover

Pisani, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143167960 ISBN 13: 9780143167969

Publisher: Penguin Canada, 2009

Synopsis

This controversial book addresses how sex and drugs have turned the global epidemic of HIV into a billion-dollar-a-year industry. Epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani takes a no-holdsbarred approach to finding out exactly why 40 million people are living with HIV and 28 million have already died of AIDS when we have the knowledge, the money, and the means to wipe out the disease in 90 percent of the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Pisani studied Classical Chinese at Oxford, and started her life as a journalist, working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters, the Economist and Asia Times. She has also written for the International Herald Tribune, the Financial Times, and other publications. She has a London MSc in Medical Demography and a PHD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. She has worked in the field of HIV prevention for a decade, for organisations including UNAIDS, WHO and Family Health International.

Review:

'[A] rollicking, eye-opening, hilarious account of the underbelly of international AIDS research ... Forget everything you've ever gleaned from boilerplate stories about AIDS research: The Wisdom of Whores vibrates with "I've been there" authenticity' Philadelphia Enquirer'An absorbing read - Her book has freshness, charm and innocence, reminding us of the core elements that remain at the heart of this epidemic' Independent'A beguilingly rigorous expose - engaging, well written and entertaining' Times'A major book' Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Canada
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0143167960
• ISBN 13: 9780143167969
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400