James Mcconnachie

In the heart of darkness, the atom bomb

The connections that Patrick Marnham makes in Snake Dance - from the Congo to Fukushima, from Conrad to the Bomb - are sometimes tenuous but always compelling

Scientists working on the top secret Manhattan Project, manually haul out a container of radioactive material in New Mexico. Photo: Time & Life / Getty

  • Snake Dance

    Patrick Marnham

    Hutchinson, pp. 316

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