Fighting the Nuclear Forces Controlling His Life

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AN ATOMIC ROMANCE: A Novel, by Bobbie Ann Mason; Random, 288 pages, $24.95

Set a romantic novel against the backdrop of a uranium enrichment plant with a contamination problem, and the words "quirky" or "offbeat" are likely to appear in the reviews. But in Bobbie Ann Mason's new book, the writing is so clean, the main character so thoroughly nuanced and the situation explored in such a thoughtful way that "An Atomic Romance" avoids any danger of cliche and simply rests on its own smartly told tale.

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Fighting the Nuclear Forces Controlling His Life

"An Atomic Romance" is the story of Reed Futrell, a sexy, philosophical "cell rat" who does repairs inside the atom...

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