Mercy: Dying of AIDS in Africa from Forum Network | Book Tour Podcast Podcast

Lara Santoro, a veteran journalist, discusses her first novel, Mercy, a tragic and powerful story of what it is like to die of AIDS in Africa. Mercy offers a glimpse into the role played by the pharmaceutical industry and the US government against the interests of an entire continent, and gives a name and face to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is a story Santoro has seen played out many times in her prize-winning coverage of Africa for Newsweek and the Christian Science Monitor. Her work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic and the London Sunday Times.

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