Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon
In the closing weeks of the war in Europe a security guard on the Manhattan Project is murdered near the Hill. Michael Connolly is sent to Los Alamos from Washington to make sure his death really is the result of a casual homosexual encounter and not connected with espionage. The Nazi regime may be near the end of its reign, but the new enemy of communism has created an atmosphere of paranoia as Oppenheimer and his team come ever closer to concluding the experiment. Connolly is intrigued by the characters on the Hill, by the mixed European backgrounds,of the victim and, passionately, by the English wife of one of the scientists. He is caught up in the moral dilemmas which the Project is creating, and discovers that there is a difference between professional and personal beliefs.
'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' THE BOOKSELLER'A thriller for all lovers of Robert Harris.' READING CHRONICLE'An intricate, elegantly written novel with overtones of espionage that echoes Le Carre in the spareness of its prose, the complexity of its plot, and the credibility of its characterisations.' IRELAND SUNDAY TRIBUNE'Excellently written.' IRISH INDEPENDENT'Atmospheric and tense, it reveals a mature understanding of the motive springs of criminality which bodes well for Kanon's future.' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Joe Kanon was a publisher for many years, but has now turned poacher with this first (and bestselling) novel. He is currently working on his second.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349109084 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349109087 |
| Title | Los Alamos |
| Author | Joseph Kanon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1998-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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