The Premonition (Lewis book)

{{Short description|2021 book by Michael Lewis}}

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| author = Michael Lewis

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| publisher = W.W. Norton & Company

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| published = May 4, 2021

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| pages = 320

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| isbn = 978-0-393-88155-4

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The Premonition is a 2021 book by Michael Lewis about the COVID-19 pandemic and the early response of public health officials in the United States.{{Cite news |last=Confessore |first=Nicholas |date=2021-05-06 |title=Michael Lewis Chronicles the Story of Covid's Cassandras |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/books/review/the-premonition-michael-lewis.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=O’Connell |first=Mark |date=2021-05-05 |title=The Premonition by Michael Lewis review – a pandemic story |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/05/the-premonition-by-michael-lewis-review-a-pandemic-story |access-date=2024-01-02 |issn=0261-3077}}{{cite web |title=The Premonition: A Pandemic Story |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-lewis/the-premonition/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=10 January 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Rachel |title=Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' Is A Sweeping Indictment Of The CDC |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/03/991570372/michael-lewis-the-premonition-is-a-sweeping-indictment-of-the-cdc |website=NPR |access-date=10 January 2024}}

The book was praised for its timeliness and for dealing with the complexity of the story well. Other commentators criticized Lewis for portraying characters favorably without scrutinizing them.{{cite news |last1=Szalai |first1=Jennifer |title=The Pandemic Gets the Michael Lewis Treatment, Heroic Technocrats and All |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/books/review-premonition-pandemic-michael-lewis.html |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=3 May 2021}}

The screen rights to the book were optioned by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller through Universal Pictures, with Miller set to direct a film adaptation, and Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum adapting the screenplay.{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Universal Lands Michael Lewis Pandemic Book 'The Premonition'; Lord & Miller Will Direct And Produce With Amy Pascal |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/michael-lewis-the-premonition-universal-pandemic-movie-phil-lord-christopher-miller-direct-amy-pascal-1234753413/ |website=Deadline |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=10 May 2021}}