The Premonition

By Michael Lewis,

Book cover of The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

Book description

Fortunately, we are still a nation of sceptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of…

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1 author picked The Premonition as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

To me, good non-fiction is as page-turning as the most captivating fiction. Michael Lewis’s books do just that, and The Premonition is no exception.

Much like he did in The Big Short, Lewis offers an insight into how the unthinkable can happen and happen quite easily.

In this case, a global pandemic is seen coming by some very smart people, but people who are considered outsiders to the powers that be: big business, the CDC, the World Health Organization, state governments, and the US government, especially the Trump administration. Had these so-called outsiders - with their clear-cut proof, exceptional…

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