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**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION**
**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDALS FOR EXCELLENCE**
**WINNER OF THE 2022 POZ AWARD FOR BEST IN LITERATURE**

*Sarah Schulman named The Viral Underclass one of the Best Books of the 21st Century for the New York Times*

An irresistibly readable and humane exploration of the barbarities of class...readers are gifted that most precious of things in these muddled times: a clear lens through which to see the world.
Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine

From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful and crucial exploration of one of the most pressing issues of our times: how viruses expose the fault lines of society.

Having spent a ground-breaking career studying the racialization, policin

The Viral Underclass

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    A Hardback by Steven W. Thrasher, Steven W. Thrasher; Foreword by Jonathan M. Metzl

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/09/2022
      ISBN13: 9781250796639, 978-1250796639
      ISBN10: 1250796636
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      **LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION**
      **LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDALS FOR EXCELLENCE**
      **WINNER OF THE 2022 POZ AWARD FOR BEST IN LITERATURE**

      *Sarah Schulman named The Viral Underclass one of the Best Books of the 21st Century for the New York Times*

      An irresistibly readable and humane exploration of the barbarities of class...readers are gifted that most precious of things in these muddled times: a clear lens through which to see the world.
      Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine

      From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful and crucial exploration of one of the most pressing issues of our times: how viruses expose the fault lines of society.

      Having spent a ground-breaking career studying the racialization, policin

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