
The End of Innocence
Britain in the Time of AIDS
Simon Garfield(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 6. November 1995
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Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-571-15354-1 (ISBN)
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Description
Published to coincide with World AIDS Day, this book looks at a decade of AIDS in Britain. As well as the 8000 who have died, some 20,000 are infected with HIV, and many more carry the virus unknowingly. With no cure or even a vaccine in sight, and growing evidence of complacency, AIDS is still one of the greatest post-war challenges the UK faces. This book covers every significant development of the disease, from the early ignorance and panic to the emergence of AIDS as a good cause taken up by Sir Ian McKellen, George Michael and the Princess of Wales. The author uses information supplied by doctors, scientists, government ministers and civil servants, as well as interviews with leading entertainment figures such as Stephen Fry, Elton John and the late Derek Jarman.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-B)
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8pp black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
447 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-15354-1 (9780571153541)
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Simon Garfield was born in 1960. He is the author of Expensive Habits: The Dark Side of the Industry, The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize, The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1, Mauve, The Last Journey of William Huskisson, The Error World and the Mass Observation trilogy Our Hidden Lives, Private Battles and We Are At War. Mini: the True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car was published in 2009.