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008			170307s19951995usa 000 u eng d
020			_a9781880404119
082	1		_aFIC MCC _2
100	1		_aMcCollum III, Thomas C. _d, 1939-
245	1	0	_aTainted Blood _b: a novel _c/ Thomas C. McCollum III
260			_aCharlottesville, Va _b: Shoji Books _c, c1995.
300			_a354 p. _c; 24 cm
500			_aLocated in the Gloria Grant Room - special collection of SMA Authors.
520			_aIn the 1970s, a mad scientist concocted a retrovirus and proceeded to inoculate massive numbers of American gay men and Africans, beginning the AIDS epidemic. In the present, Scott Reid, the 48-year-old CEO of an immunodiagnostic research and development lab, tests HIV-positive, despite all lifestyle markers to the contrary. In fact, his test results have been misread by a distracted lab technician, but, in any case, fiction soon becomes reality. On a fishing trip to the Netherlands Antilles, Scott uncovers evidence of secret offshore funds and investment scams involving a U.S. senator. Also on board is a young mob-connected physician, Nicki Graziano, who, as a favor to "the Family," which wants Scott dead for business reasons, infects the CEO with a particularly virulent strain of HIV-2 that will ensure death within a few months. Scott spends the rest of his short life tracking down his murderer and trying to convince others about the hit against him.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aVirus diseases _x-Fiction
650		4	_aAIDS (Disease) _v--Fiction
650		4	_aMurder _v--Fiction
830		0	_aSan Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--Author
942			_cMO
999			_c236440 _d236440