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Sto caricando le informazioni... Hostage (1997)di R. D. Zimmerman
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() ![]() Once again a very thrilling story about Todd Mills, the investigational reporter. A homophobic politician is kidnapped by three persons with aids during an interview with Todd. In his personal life, too, Todd is confronted with hiv and aids. This takes us on a thrilling rollercoaster till the grand finale with all those people. While reading the book you keep wondering who is guilty and who is a victim here. Getting to know the three kidnappers helps you to understand their situation and the gravity of this disease. The story may be overdone at times but the general focus on aids and the prejudices about this disease are very interesting. Although this detective is about 10 years old, it still could happen today. Hostage is more than just a Who's-done-it but a disturbing novel that offers an insight in the US society. This was an interesting story which highlights the hysteria and prejudice that the onset of AIDS caused. The fear experienced by those diagnosed with this disease as well as the horror felt by those watching their friends dying around them are captured well in this easy to read novel. Noone who reads this could be unmoved by the plight the gay community found themselves in. Blamed for the disease, ostracised and told it was a 'punishment from God', how could these men help but be angry and want to fight back? I highly recommend this book. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Todd Mills is getting ready for the coup of his career: an exclusive interview with right-wing congressman Johnny Clariton, whose positions against gay rights and AIDS research promise to make his appearance with Minneapolis's only openly gay journalist an explosive television event. Things are also getting pleasantly serious between Todd and Steve Rawlins, although Rawlins' grieving over the recent end of his closest friend's long struggle with AIDS is beginning to take its physical toll on the police detective. Coup turns to chaos, and grief to despair, when Todd's interview ends with the Congressman abducted by gun-wielding kidnappers--and a tragic discovery puts an unsuspecting Rawlins on the trail of the abductors, a trio of unlikely domestic terrorists in the final stages of AIDS, willing to risk what's left of their lives to give violent expression to their desperate AIDS rage. Their goal: to make the world know what it's like to live--and die--with AIDS. Their weapons: a Congressman, a video camera, and a syringe full of HIV-infected blood. Their conduit to the global viewing audience: Todd Mills, who knows more about their plans--and has more at stake--than he first realizes. Unsettling, unpredictable and unapologetic in its dramatization of such hot-button issues as right-wing hypocrisy, AIDS activism, HIV infection and assisted suicide, Hostage is Zimmerman's darkest and most suspenseful tale yet, a bold step forward for this acclaimed series. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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![]() GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:![]()
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