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Stallion Gate A Novel Martin Cruz Smith Books

WARNING : SPOILERS. Excellent and engaging trip through the Trinity project, a retelling of the tale of The Bomb, and, among other neglected considerations, the impact that project had on the fabulously depicted Pueblo people and culture. Joe, the main character, is a bit too good and too large in many ways to come across as real, but so what? And some of the interactions of the novel's characters are too abrupt, too breathless to persuade. These, however, are petty criticisms of a very good book. I'd have given it five stars had the ending not left me haplessly wondering whether Joe survived and, if so, whether his romance with the fascinating Anna had a future. No fair!


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Stallion Gate A Novel Martin Cruz Smith Books Reviews

Smith's research is a strong point. The neutron source that stuck, Groves energy, Oppenheimers exhaustion, the real reason we used the device on Japan.
The only great improvement I can think of is to use Harry Niles and Alice Beechham instead of Joe Pena. What do Indian Clowns have to do with Armeggedan?
The Manhattan Project, initiated in May 1942, was President Franklin Roosevelt’s world class gamble to end WWII. “Thus began the greatest scientific, engineering, and manufacturing effort in the history of mankind.” - from THE RINGS OF ALLAH.

Many fictional authors, including Tom Clancy, have ventured into the world of nuclear weapons physics, and almost to a man have gotten the details wrong. Nuclear physics is a complicated subject. The author of this story has attempted to describe early nuclear weapons and tests, tickling the dragons tail for example. Most of his technical information is in the ballpark, but is not accurate.

While not claiming to be a great fictional author, I do have the advantage of having been in the center of nuclear weapons development and testing in the mid 1960s. For accurate, detailed information on the Manhattan Project, I suggest THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. Probably more information than you want, but it is all there.

Martin Cruz Smith has written an imaginative tale set in Los Alamos, NM, however, Robert Oppenheimer deserves better treatment than the character in this story received (and this is the reason for my 3 stars instead of 4). Oppenheimer managed to gather the world’s top scientists in a remote area, cutoff from their friends and families, working toward a common goal. His greatest achievement was keeping them focused and entertained. Competition between scientists had to occur, leading to jealousies and resentment. Oppie was accused of being a Communist and a Soviet Spy. Teller testified against Oppenheimer at his security clearance hearing. But Oppie was never a spy, as declassified KGB and Verona files clearly proved after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Smith’s wonderful descriptions of areas in New Mexico brought back memories of my years in Albuquerque. If you accept the nuclear physics in his story as fictional, STALLION GATE is a good read. There were spies, there were FBI and Army counter surveillance personnel looking for Communists (some might say witch hunters), there were Army soldiers and MPs, there were bored wives, and there were WACs. I have no doubt there was one or more Joe Pena types there too.

Enjoy the story.
Smith lets the reader see the inner workings of the Manhattan Project. Much research seems to have gone into his descriptions of 1940s Los Alamos & the Trinity site. Fictional characters are woven into the events surrounding the actual creation of the bomb, and the project's essential historical figures participate in the fictional plot. Suspicion of espionage surrounds both fiction & reality. With a Pueblo Indian as protagonist, Cruz is able to emphasize the clash of Native American cuture with the American war machine.
Very good books by one of my "go to" authors. This is the first of the authors books outside the Arkady Renko series that I've read. Joe Pena was an interesting character with strengths and flaws just as Arkady. The backdrop of New Mexico in the mid 40s and the Manhattan Project were appreciated but I'm not sure I'd call it a historical novel - more of a character study.
Cruz takes a break from Russia, visiting the American Southwest for this this. I enjoy Cruz because his plots are largely character-driven, individuals responding to events and conditions over which they have no control. He sketches his characters, plops them down somewhere, and allows them to develop as they respond to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Recommended.
As a big-time fan of MCS's Arkady Renko series, I am always willing to give one of his other genres a chance. I enjoyed his take on historical fiction a lot, with his knack for creating strong characters up and down the narrative just as strong as ever. My edition seemed to have a few editing snafus, but all-in-all well worth the read.
Martin Cruz Smith is one of the best writers alive today. Perhaps best known for Gorky Park and the other Renko novels, his sense of character, time and place is perhaps never better realized than in Stallion Gate. Through his unexpected choice of main character, we get a closeup but very unexpected view of the foibles of the people surrounding the then secret but now famous goings on at Los Alamos. As in all of his novels, there is a strong dose of paranoia, in this case that hints of the McCarthy era to come, even while firmly routed in this defining moment of history.

A great read, and really hard to put down.
WARNING SPOILERS. Excellent and engaging trip through the Trinity project, a retelling of the tale of The Bomb, and, among other neglected considerations, the impact that project had on the fabulously depicted Pueblo people and culture. Joe, the main character, is a bit too good and too large in many ways to come across as real, but so what? And some of the interactions of the novel's characters are too abrupt, too breathless to persuade. These, however, are petty criticisms of a very good book. I'd have given it five stars had the ending not left me haplessly wondering whether Joe survived and, if so, whether his romance with the fascinating Anna had a future. No fair!