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Publisher:
Little Brown / TimeWarner |
Release
Date: April 1, 2004 |
ISBN:
1586216864 |
Awards:
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Format
Reviewed:
Fiction/General |
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an Excerpt |
Genre:
Audio Cassette - Abridged edition |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Brenda Weeaks |
Reviewer
Notes: |
Copyright
MyShelf.com |
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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.
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