Mark A. Jacobson

Strong book abou players in the early days of the AIDS crisis in SF. Good portrayal of docs caught up in an unfolding epidemic.

Having grown up in SF during this time I especially enjoyed the details of 1980’s & 90’s SAn Francisco.

If a readership could be won by earnestness and good intentions this novel would capture an enthusiastic audience. However this debut novel from a professor of medicine, who began his internship in 1981 simply moves too slowly to grab a general reader's interest. If you're interested in the early days of the AIDS epidemic and the mystification and uncertainties it engendered in the doctors at the front line you might want to give this a go.