2012 Audie Award Finalist, History. A magnificent, beautifully written epic "biography" of cancer. A brilliant exploration of the past, present, and future of a complex disease that defines us and our time. Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. "Sweeping epic... [His] formidable intelligence and compassion produce a stunning account of the effort to disrobe the "emperor of maladies."—Publishers Weekly