Book review: "The End of October" a mere thriller, a warning, or a balm?
Reviewed by Olin Anderson, retired geneticist, novelist and Vietnam veteran. A book title and topic that matches the season and state of the United States. With the first hint of fall colors and disturbing trends in the reported cases of COVID-19, a reflection on Lawrence Wrightâs novel âThe End of Octoberâ seems apropos. The plot is simple. A novel virus comes to the attention of the main character, a lead scientist at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an institution we have become all too familiar on the nightly news. Harry Parson travels to where the first cases are rep...
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