![]() ![]() But it’s lost between fevered descriptions designed, seemingly, to provoke the kind of hysteria about Ebola that might work well for the film thriller Preston seems to have in mind. Crisis in the Red Zone also recounts an important story about the risks of emerging diseases and a global medical system ill equipped to handle them. What’s more, the book also falters on a deeper, structural level. But this examination comes too late, during the book’s final quarter, after Preston has spent chapters mired in caricature and overdramatization. Preston does try to wrestle with the unequal medical treatment received by Africans who contracted the disease versus treatment received by foreign white aid workers. ![]() But it’s Preston’s portrayal of the nonwhite characters that feels especially egregious. Much like the clichés that are a regular feature of Hollywood films, the stereotypes that pile up in this book quickly become painful. However one feels generally about the dramatic tone that Preston favors, it feels especially inappropriate in this book. His new ems written with a singular intent: inspiring the movie version. Richard Preston is the 1 New York Times bestselling author. Richard Preston has a penchant for the cinematic, even when his subject matter could not be more depressing and dire. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses and a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to. Crisis in the Red Zone is an exquisitely timely book, a stark warning of viral outbreaks to come. ![]()
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