THOMAS WISEMAN - Savage Day

London England, Jonathan Cape, 1981. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0224019287 Hardback The place is a remote mesa in the New Mexican desert. It is night time, on 16 July 1945. Several people are laying gruesome bets on whether what is about to happen will set fire to the sky or blow up the world. This is Los Alamos and what will now take place is the explosion of the first atomic bomb. This book examines intellectual giants - the philosopher kings - of our age under a lens in curious focus. It combines history and dire prophecy in a narrative of commanding psychological penetration. Tiny mark to edge of inside cover page. Slight shelf wear to edges and corners of D/J.