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Fat Man and Little Boy by Meginnis Mike is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Fat Man and Little Boy about?
Two bombs over Japan. Two shells. One called Little Boy, one called Fat Man. Three days apart. The one implicit in the other. Brothers.Winner of the 2013 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize. In this striking debut novel, the atomic bombs dropped on Japan are personified as Fat Man and Little Boy. This small measure of humanity is a cruelty the bombs must suffer. Given life from death, the brothers' journey is one of surreal and unsettling discovery, transforming these symbols of mass destruction into beacons of longing and hope.[An] imaginative debut. . . Meginnis' story is both surprising and incisive." - Publishers WeeklyNamed one of the year's most impressive debut novelists" by the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival"In his inventive and fabulist debut novel Fat Man and Little Boy Mike Meginnis lends a surprisingly human dimension to the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II." - Largehearted...
Who reads Fat Man and Little Boy?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Meginnis Mike
- Publisher
- Black Balloon Publishing
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.64 / 5 (86 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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