LosAlamos

HIGH PRAISE FOR JOSEPH KANON’S SENSATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LOS ALAMOS “THRILLING … Kanon writes with the sure hand of a veteran and does a marvelous job of portraying the various personalities involved … he has the talent to be any kind of writer he wants.” —The Washington Post Book World “Kanon evokes the time and place of the atomic bomb’s birth with a minimalist’s eye and a storyteller’s gift. He seamlessly weaves fictional extras together with actual figures like scientists Edward Teller and Robert Oppenheimer in a way that brings this portentous page of history to vivid life.” —People “UNLIKE ALMOST ANY OTHER THRILLER … Most mysteries build their atmosphere on menace and suspense, but Kanon works an intriguing reversal of the usual formula, stressing instead the camaraderie, the ease and excitement, the high spirits of the Los Alamos Project.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “A SPLENDID, CEREBRAL SUCCESS … Kanon’s wholly remarkable use of real-life people … and his weaving of the actual and the fictional, are seamless. The explosive conclusion is a dazzling feast for the imagination.” —The Plain Dealer (Clevel......