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Publisher: Little Brown / TimeWarner
Release Date: April 1, 2004
ISBN: 1586216864
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Genre: Audio Cassette - Abridged edition
Reviewed: 2004
Reviewer: Brenda Weeaks
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A Hole in Texas
By Herman Wouk

Read by Jonathan Davis

     Dr. Guy Carpenter is an older man with a young wife and a new baby. He works for NASA, and his life seems happy. But it’s all about to change, thanks to a past failed government project. Carpenter once worked on a team in search of the Higgs Boson. When Congress canceled it, the physicists involved went on to other jobs. Wen Mei Li, a Chinese physicist, goes home and eventually leads her country to the discovery of the boson particle. Soon they create the boson bomb. The US government reacts in the typical way -- they hold hearings.

     Imagine Guy’s surprise when he hears his first love, Wen Mei Li, is returning to America for those hearings. Imagine his wife’s surprise since she discovered his old love letters to Wen Mei Li. She’s never met her, but she dislikes the Chinese physicist nonetheless, so you can bet the wife with eyes of blue sliver glass won’t let him off easy. Guy is summoned by Representative Myra Kadane. She’s interested in what he has to say. And Guy is willing to talk because he needs her on his side, especially when he gives her the bad news….

     It’s mystery, science, and Texas-size humor by Herman Wouk. Readers will be impressed by the scientific and political situations as well as the humor of Guy’s predicaments. And let’s not forget a special appearance by a famous movie star. Wouk is a natural at weaving a web of wit and satire in the midst of chaos.

      The TimeWarner audio version is read by actor and writer, Jonathan Davis. He does a good job of getting Wouk’s humor to the listener. His attempts at the feminine voices add to the story in a positive, humorous way.