Well, Stephen King says it’s the most horrifying thing he’s read in his life. Our hardback reviewer was a little cooler last autumn, describing Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone as a calculated assault on the senses, lacking in humanity. It’ll be out in paperback in a fortnight from Corgi (£4.99, ISBN 0 55214303 0), ready for a read on beaches everywhere. Are those beads of sweat? That face looks a bit fixed …
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