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Contagion novels: chronicles of a plague

10 mins | Apr 4, 2020
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Fiction’s affinity with infection is nothing new. Themes of adventure, social commentary and survivalist instruction are just some of the most significative examples in which literature has explored infections in the past. Writing in the Financial Times, Jon Day explores.

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