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Article: Germ Warfare
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- April 14, 2002
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SCIENCE FICTIONS
A Scientific Mystery, a Massive Cover-Up and the Dark Legacy
Of Robert Gallo
By John Crewdson
Little, Brown. 627 pp. $27.95
Looking for a heartwarming story of heroic scientific inquiry?
Best steer clear of John Crewdson's expose{acute} of the career of
AIDS researcher Robert Gallo. Crewdson, a reporter whose earlier
books tackled subjects as different as immigration and child abuse,
devotes his investigative talents to dismembering Gallo and his
putative accomplishments in this scrupulously researched and sweeping
narrative. A sobering read, Science Fictions documents enough
treachery, negligence and megalomania to make even the most trusting
of readers skeptical of the ...