{"product_id":"shockwave-9780008372552","title":"Shockwave","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read' At 8:15am on August 6th 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the temperature at its core rose to millions of degrees. Sixty-thousand buildings were obliterated. A third of the city's population died, by heat, by the blast, and by a terrible new weapon in the history of warfare: radiation.In this riveting account, Stephen Walker follows the stories of real people in the extraordinary weeks leading up to the explosion and in its aftermath. From the atomic engineer who armed the bomb in mid-air to the Japanese doctors treating thousands of burnt bodies on the ground. From the flight crews and scientists to world leaders and civilian victims. With intimate testimony and remarkable stories, this is the startling narrative behind the dawn of the atomic age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Shockwave is a stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read.’ \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘This is an utterly gripping work of micro-history … [Walker] proves himself a master of dramatic tension.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘The excitement of the time is wonderfully captured in Walker’s \u003cem\u003eShockwave\u003c\/em\u003e. Brilliant.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Devastating.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Timely and harrowing …succeeds in creating a dramatized documentary of the moment that changed history.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScotland on Sunday \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A roller-coaster ride through the memories of American servicemen, Japanese soldiers and civilians…invites comparison with John Hersey’s still-classic \u003cem\u003eHiroshima\u003c\/em\u003e.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly (Starred Review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Superb …Walker writes with a sense of urgency and high drama.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews (Starred Review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Uniquely readable, immediate and human …an exceptionally taut and revealing chronicle.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist (Starred Review) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Dramatic …an important page-turner.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Remarkable. I have been waiting for this book for sixty years.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGitta Sereny, author of \u003cem\u003eAlbert Speer: His Battle with Truth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Electrifying …The tension and concentration of Walker’s thriller-like prose elicits a visceral response.’ \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48863961579863,"sku":"9780008372552","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008372552.jpg?v=1722269786","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shockwave-9780008372552","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}