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Outcast : In Search of Leprosy, a Misunderstood Disease

Oliver (Assistant Editor / Books Editor) Basciano
Format: Paperback
Publisher: FABER & FABER
Published: July 16, 2026
ISBN: 9780571384310
320 pages
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£12.99

Encountering the last leprosarium in Europe and remote villages in Mozambique, moving through Siberian settlements and Brazil’s hinterlands, Outcast travels the margins of society and charts the history of a misunderstood disease.

In doing so, it shines new light on the human condition, asking: does our sense of self always rely on the ostracization of another?

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