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Lawrence Wright:
How similar your new novel is with the actual pandemic we are living right now? And what was your reaction when you realized we were going to go through a pandemic, having this book, already written?
Lawrence Wright
My virus, called Kongoli, is actually built on the 1918 Spanish flu. Like Covid-19 (which is a coronavirus, not an influenza), Kongoli is a new disease, unknown in the human population until it suddenly arises in Asia and spreads across the globe. Kongoli is more fatal than Covid-19 but not as contagious.
As for the timing of the publication, it's a total coincidence that the book appears in the middle of a pandemic, but the eerie parallels with what we see unfolding in front of us are not. This is exactly what public health officials have been warning about for decades.
As for the timing of the publication, it's a total coincidence that the book appears in the middle of a pandemic, but the eerie parallels with what we see unfolding in front of us are not. This is exactly what public health officials have been warning about for decades.
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Irl
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Lawrence Wright:
Thank you for your dedication when conducting the 600 interviews for "The Looming Tower" over 5 years. I learned so much from the book. How do you push and probe for information in your interviews without leading your subject in a certain way? Do you provide questions ahead of meeting and/or follow up interviews?
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What happens in the wake of the plague as people try to go back to their lives?
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Apr 28, 2020 12:25PM · flag