“A justifiably indignant investigation into the financial malfeasance and outright swindling that accompanied the Trump administration’s botched handing of the Covid-19 pandemic… Revealing one outrage after another, McSwane’s book should prompt congressional review and systemic reform.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“McSwane’s unravelling of corporate, government, and private shenanigans during the COVID-19 crisis packs a tremendous wallop because the pandemic has impacted everyone to various degrees.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“[An] eye-opening investigation…Lucid analysis and dogged reporting make this a startling exposé of how unfettered capitalism, startup culture, and government corruption exacerbated the worst effects of the pandemic.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Pandemic, Inc. is a triumph of investigative reporting and a rollercoaster of a story. With blunt prose and a novelist’s eye, McSwane takes readers inside private jets and dirty warehouses to expose all manner of crazy and criminal enterprise— and the result is stranger than fiction.”
—Ken Armstrong, Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter and coauthor of Unbelievable
“Pandemic, Inc. is a witty, angry propulsive narrative, and a profound exercise in accountability. Its lessons—how and why fraud invaded so many corners of America’s crisis response—are critical to understanding why the richest nation on earth suffered so grievously in this plague. I couldn’t put it down.”
—Diana B. Henriques, New York Times bestselling author of The Wizard of Lies
“McSwane’s book is two vital stories of the global pandemic, masterfully woven together: An infuriating account of how ill-prepared the Trump Administration was and the often-hilarious romp into the strange world of grifters and opportunists who tried to seize advantage.”
—Jesse Eisinger, Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter and author of The Chickenshit Club
“J. David McSwane’s relentless reporting could have produced a jaw-dropping work of history. Instead, the merciless fraud he exposes ensured continuing losses. Corruption spread as swiftly as the virus, and we’re in McSwane’s debt for exposing a horrific waste of money—and lives.”
—Charlotte Bismuth, author of Bad Medicine and former prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s office