China Syndrome
Subtitle: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: January 9, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780060587239
Subjects: Politics/International Relations; Epidemiology; Respiratory Diseases; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Diseases - Respiratory; International Relations - General; Political Science / International Relations; Infectious Diseases; History
First sentence: FANG LIN, TWENTY-FOUR, TOLD ME HE HAD AWAKENED TO THE USUAL cacophony: the bleat of a truck reversing; the steady, metallic thump of a jackhammer; the whining buzz of a steel saw; the driving in of nails; the slapping down of bricks; the irregular thumping-like sneakers in a dryer-of a cement mixer.