Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon

Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon

Interweaving fact and fiction, Los Alamos is at once a powerful novel of historical intrigue and a vivid portrait of the most mysterious figures involved in the Manhattan Project: Robert Oppenheimer. Spring 1945. As work on the first atomic bomb nears completion in New Mexico, Karl Bruner, a Manhattan Project security officer, is found murdered. Michael Connolly, the intelligence officer brought in to crack Bruner's case, soon discovers that investigating a murder in Los Alamos - a town so secret it does not officially exist - is anything but easy. Only once he falls in love and begins an affair with Emma, the enigmatic wife of one of the scientists, does he truly begin to unravel the dark heart of the Project. Elegantly written and deftly constructed, Los Alamos is the stunning debut novel of the author of Leaving Berlin and The Good German. 'Brilliantly captures the burgeoning Cold War paranoia' Observer 'Accomplished and beautifully written' Sunday Telegraph 'Enthralling . . . a dream of a novel' Time Out

Well written, nicely constructed, enthralling - Time Out

Brilliantly captures the burgeoning cold-war paranoia - Observer

Echoes Robert Harris' Enigma - Daily Telegraph

This debut could do for the Manhattan Project what Enigma did for Bletchley Park - Bookseller

Joseph Kanon is the author of Los Alamos (winner of the Edgar Award), The Prodigal Spy and The Good German. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a publishing executive. He lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780751569261
ISBN 10	0751569267
Title	Los Alamos
Author	Joseph Kanon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2017-04-06
Number of pages	576
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