Description
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
About the Author
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.
Reviews
Well written, nicely constructed, enthralling - Time OutBrilliantly captures the burgeoning cold-war paranoia - ObserverEchoes Robert Harris' Enigma - Daily TelegraphThis debut could do for the Manhattan Project what Enigma did for Bletchley Park - Bookseller
Book Information
ISBN 9780751569261
Author Joseph Kanon
Format Paperback
Page Count 576
Imprint Sphere
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 380g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 124mm * 38mm
