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Incredibly detailed, an absolute masterpiece. Fantastically researched! Discovering such new perspectives on Gandhi, Mountbatten, Nehru, Patel … just got thru the partition and its aftermath. And landed at the chapter called Kashmir. Unputdownable and racy

How is this not mandatory reading on Indian history?!

Oppie has entered the game at this point and is slowly working his way up at S-1.

Still reading this one so interim update

Ok this is an absolutely tour de force… utterly mind blowing, there's probably nothing remotely close to this (making of the atomic bomb) that we'll witness in our lifetime.

For a science enthusiast this is just a nerve wracking, cat-and-mouse adventure that spans decades and easily demonstrates how a domino effect led to the making of the bomb.

Every bit as fascinating as I expected it to be. Worthy Pulitzer winner. Going to soak this one in!