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"Silence, Exile, and Cunning" is a trilogy of fiction ("Iron
Peter," "The Last Lovers on Earth," and "The Closing Argument") by
Charles Ortleb, who was one of the most controversial journalists
and publishers during the AIDS epidemic. "Iron Peter" is satirical
novel about a gorgeous gay man who comes to New York City to try
and save the gay community from being destroyed by the lies the
government is telling about AIDS. It may be the only novel ever
written that dares to tell the inconvenient truth about the
politics and science of "AIDS." "The Boston Globe"'s Michael
Saunders called it "a funny satirical novel." David Judson of
Gannett News Service said that Ortleb's "biting prose is certain to
touch all manner of raw nerves. Journalist Celia Farber called the
book "the "Animal Farm" of the AIDS era." "The Last Lovers on
Earth" is the first collection of short stories by Charles Ortleb.
The stories capture the precarious position of gay people in
America today. With unique insight, Ortleb uses humor to tell
painful truths about where the gay community has been and where it
is headed.Three stories from the collection were the basis of the
hilarious independent film, "The Last Lovers on Earth" which is
available as a DVD and for instant viewing on Amazon. John
Lauritsen said this about the short story collection: "Beautifully
written, wildly imaginative fables, which puncture a great many
sacred balloons, gay and straight. AIDS activists, government
'scientists', doctors, suburban Parents of Gays, 'Queer Theorists'
-- all get their comeuppance. I could only read this book a few
paragraphs at a time -- gasping, laughing, and then thinking. And
after reflection, some of Ortleb's most shocking and outrageous
statements emerged as expressions of common sense and decency in a
world going viciously mad. The first story, "The Retraction," has
the most brilliantly hilarious satirization of schadenfreude since
Mark Train's 'Emmeline Grangerford' episode in 'Huckleberry Finn'.
Two of the stories, "Bruschetta on the Beach" and "Daddy's Little
Clown," are masterpieces on a par with the best of Somerset Maugham
or Katherine Mansfield." Ortleb's bold, uncompromising novella,
"The Closing Argument" is the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the AIDS and
chronic fatigue syndrome epidemics. "The Closing Argument" is a
courtroom novella about an African-American man who is tried in
Connecticut for the crime of infecting a woman with HIV, the virus
that the American government has declared the official cause of
AIDS. His lawyer brilliantly turns the tables on the government
scientists. Nicholas Regush, former ABC News producer, called the
book "Eye-popping reading if you dare to expand your scope of
thinking about AIDS and justice."
This bold, uncompromising book is the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the
AIDS and chronic fatigue syndrome epidemics. It's one of those
books that will inspire you to think outside of the box. "The
Closing Argument" is a provocative courtroom novella about an
African-American man who is tried in Connecticut for the crime of
infecting a woman with HIV, the virus that the American government
has declared the official cause of AIDS. In a move that shocks the
nation, his attorney puts the government and the AIDS establishment
on trial and tries to convince the jury that everything the public
has been told about the nature of the AIDS and CFS epidemics is
both racist and homophobic. The author makes you the jury and you
have to decide from the attorney's closing argument if you can
believe anything you've been told about AIDS, chronic fatigue
syndrome, HIV and HHV-6. This is the first work of fiction in
history to focus on the cover-up of the devastating virus HHV-6
which has now been linked to many diseases in addition to AIDS and
chronic fatigue syndrome. Nicholas Regush, former producer at ABC
News called the book "Eye-popping reading if you dare to expand
your scope of thinking about AIDS and justice."
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