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Dr. Fauci Was the Erotic Hero of a Steamy 1991 Novel
David Fahrenthold RetweetedYou are like a tumor in my brain which is getting larger and larger each day.”
"The brain is the true erogenous zone."
This 1991 erotic thriller by
@sallyquinndc
based its hunk hero on a young Anthony Fauci.
Warning... this post is totally NSFWFH:
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Sally Quinn Modeled the Erotic Hero of Her 1991 Bestseller on…Anthony Fauci
Yes, that Anthony Fauci. In the novel, the character romances the first lady.
WRITTEN BY BENJAMIN WOFFORD | PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2020
Lady who falls head over heels for a dashing and cutting NIH scientist (who, by the way, has recently discovered a therapy for AIDS) while a white-hot and secretive love affair takes wind. Bellinis are spilled, love is made, hearts are broken and mended—all for the singular and mysterious scientist, who goes by the name of Michael Lanzer.
Or better known by his real name: Anthony Fauci.
Part searing romance, part roman à clef, “Happy Endings” made the bestseller list during a year when HIV-related deaths were then the highest ever recorded in the United States. By then, Fauci was the government scientist best known for combatting the virus’s spread as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
It was around this time that Quinn first encountered the real-life Fauci, at a Washington function where the two were paired as dinner partners. With his tie askew and from behind enormous glasses, Fauci left an impression of earnest brilliance, enough to inspire the main character of Quinn’s upcoming novel.
“I just fell in love with him,” Quinn told me recently, recalling their evening together. “Usually those dinners, you make polite conversation, and that’s it. But we had this intense conversation, personal conversation. I though, ‘Wow, this guy is amazing.'”
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Sally Quinn Modeled the Erotic Hero of Her 1991 Bestseller on…Anthony Fauci
Yes, that Anthony Fauci. In the novel, the character romances the first lady.
WRITTEN BY BENJAMIN WOFFORD | PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2020
Lady who falls head over heels for a dashing and cutting NIH scientist (who, by the way, has recently discovered a therapy for AIDS) while a white-hot and secretive love affair takes wind. Bellinis are spilled, love is made, hearts are broken and mended—all for the singular and mysterious scientist, who goes by the name of Michael Lanzer.
Or better known by his real name: Anthony Fauci.
Part searing romance, part roman à clef, “Happy Endings” made the bestseller list during a year when HIV-related deaths were then the highest ever recorded in the United States. By then, Fauci was the government scientist best known for combatting the virus’s spread as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
It was around this time that Quinn first encountered the real-life Fauci, at a Washington function where the two were paired as dinner partners. With his tie askew and from behind enormous glasses, Fauci left an impression of earnest brilliance, enough to inspire the main character of Quinn’s upcoming novel.
“I just fell in love with him,” Quinn told me recently, recalling their evening together. “Usually those dinners, you make polite conversation, and that’s it. But we had this intense conversation, personal conversation. I though, ‘Wow, this guy is amazing.'”
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