Oh Pure And Radiant Heart

When three of the great minds behind the atomic bomb--Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and Enrico Fermi--are transported into the present, they are aghast at the apocalyptic world they have helped spawn. With a New Mexico librarian serving as a guide, the three men band together in an attempt to stuff the nuclear genie back into its bottle--but the U.S. army and a group of fundamentalist Christians have other ideas. The conceit is far-flung, but Lydia Millet controls it with considerable intelligence and art. In her hands, OH PURE AND RADIANT HEART becomes a devastating critique of science and religion when they lose touch with humanity.