THE SECRET SUN: A NOVEL OF JAP

by Fred Hiatt

Book Overview

An American journalist looking for a new angle on a story about Hiroshima discovers a document indicating that Japan had been working on an atomic bomb during World War II that might have destroyed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679413065
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Pantheon
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Better than you'd expect ..

I just re-read this book. Hiatt has written a decent enough thriller with likable characters; And, now that I've a Japanese wife - he's helped me deal with 'worse' problems than one reviewer revealing the book's macguffin. Reminds me of Peter Tasker's Mori books. Hope one day to read the Russian sequel to this.

I beg to differ.

As one who has spent eight summers in Hiroshima and who has taught about Hiroshima an Nagasaki for over 40 years, as one who is familiar with the Japanese bomb project and the myth of their atomic bomb(the Hungnam one), and as a physicist who is somewhat knowledgeable about bomb design and nuclear landmines and suitcase bombs, I found the story delightful. It is a contemporary adventure for adults and only as exaggerated as other Japanese literature. Knowing where Hiatt is coming from I found his remarks about Japanese culture, society and behavior, often (always) on target. I recommend you grab up these used inexpensive copies for a good read.