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This Is 'Creepy': Lawrence Wright Wishes His Pandemic Novel Had Gotten It Wrong
The End of October is about a mysterious virus that starts in Asia, sweeps across continents, cripples the health care system, wrecks the economy, and kills people worldwide.
Lawrence Wright is not interested in saying "I told you so."
At the beginning of his new novel, he writes: "Dear Reader, The events depicted in The End of October were meant to serve as a cautionary tale. But real life doesn't always wait for warnings."
Wright's fictional tale is about a mysterious virus that starts in Asia, sweeps across continents, cripples the health care system, wrecks the economy, and kills people worldwide.
"I knew from talking to all these medical experts that something like this was
