Considering Spillover:
David Quammen Shares the Story
Behind his Gruesome New Book
Twelve years ago this summer, I sat at a campfire in a Central African forest, hearing the sad, horrific account of an Ebola virus outbreak in a nearby village. My two informants were Bantu men who had lost friends and loved ones in that outbreak. One of them, a shy fellow named Sophiano, with a …
