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Title: Rivetting
Review: I could not put this book down once I started reading it. Bookchin & Schumacher succeed not only in piecing the history of SV40 research together to create a coherent narrative, but I had no trouble following their abstracts of the scientific research.The only thing that bugs me about their approach was how they consistently fell back on stereotypes to characterize the players involved. Sabin and Salk are both characterized as "bad guys," which can get pretty old after several chapters. The book would have been better to leave the reader to discern the characters of the men and women by their actions. Equally annoying was the presentation of Michele Carbone as an Italian racial stereotype. It did not improve my read of the book to be subjected to such nuggets as how Carbone has a capuccino every day at 10:30. It really detracts.
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