And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition Easter and the Cowardly Lion on

and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City

Detective Dave Robicheaux’s world isn’t filled with too many happy stories

are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute

With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller

while another details him as evil and wicked

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition Easter and the Cowardly Lion onUpon it's first publication twenty years ago, And The Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigative reporting. An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. One of the few true modern classics,