In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being Hiv-Negative in the Age of AIDS - Paperbackby Walt Odets (Author) For gay men who are HIV negative in a community devastated by AIDS, survival may be a matter of grief, guilt, anxiety, and isolation. In the Shadow of the Epidemic is a passionate and intimate look at the emotional and psychological impact of AIDS on the lives of the survivors of the epidemic, those who must face on a regular basis the death of friends and, in some cases, the decimation of their communities. Drawing upon his own