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Fiammetta Rocco was raised in Kenya. Her grandfather, her father and she herself all suffered from malaria. Ms. Rocco's investigative journalism has won a number of awards in the United States and in Britain. She lives in London, where she is the literary editor of the Economist. This is her first book.

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"An absorbing and superbly researched history of malaria and its cure." -- Sunday Times (London)"Ms. Rocco tells her four-century saga briskly, with a confident blend of scholarship and memoir." -- Wall Street Journal"Lively, elegantly written and often fascinating" -- Evening Standard (London)"Snappy and sharp...it's almost a crime that so heinous a disease should be treated to so grand a biography." -- Kirkus Reviews"An engrossing story...written with immense verve and confidence...crisp and fluent...a gripping and highly readable tale." -- New York Times Book Review

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