Spillover

A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story – Walter IsaacsonIt may have been eight years since David Quammen’s Spillover was first published, but its prescience is spookily topical this plague year – Richard Dawkins * New Statesman *Travelling deep into the rainforest with the scientists hoping to identify the next pandemic pathogen, Quammen’s book is plotted like a detective thriller – Gaia Vince * Guardian *Quammen’s book is compelling and shows that there are many candidates out there vying to be the next pandemic – Euan Lawson * British Journal of General Practice *Quammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen, and a generous heart – James Gorman * New York Times Book Review *

David Quammen is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the author of several acclaimed natural history titles. His book, The Song of the Dodo, won the BP Natural World Book Prize in 1996.