John Green 從一名少年病患的日常出發,層層展開肺結核如何隨著歷史、殖民、經濟與制度流動,成為今日最致命、卻仍被忽略的傳染病。書中既有醫學知識的清晰說明,也保留人與人之間的溫度,讓數據背後的生命重新被看見。作者多年投入公共倡議的經驗,使本書不流於同情式敘事,而是冷靜指出:疾病的走向,往往取決於社會如何分配資源與關注。本書適合關心公共衛生、全球議題,或單純想理解世界運作方式的讀者閱讀,是一部將個人故事轉化為公共思考的非虛構作品。Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! • #1 Washington Post bestseller! • #1 Indie Bestseller! • USA Today Bestseller!John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease. Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since t