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...Farmer says he is especially unhappy with the tendency of observers to build a cult of personality around him, calling him perfect or more than human...
...Farmer realizes that the upshot of fame is more widespread awareness of the problems Partners in Health tackles—and, ultimately, more funding for the organization, whose coffers are perennially and intentionally low, as it spends 95 percent of its charity income on its projects. And so, he says, he overcame his distaste for celebrity and cooperated with Kidder...
...Farmer says he is confident at last that Kidder managed to see beyond the single-hero mode and tell that fuller story. For his part, Kidder says he is moving on soon to a memoir of his year of service in Vietnam—but he says it would be impossible for him to close the door on Farmer and PIH when he concludes his current book tour...
...don’t think I’d sleep well at night if I abandoned this,” he says. “I intend to know Paul Farmer for the rest of my life...
...have to do is give a little of your superflux, and Paul Farmer and Co. will take care of the rest,” he says...