Herman Wouk Discussed His New Book with Journalist William Safire
Event Date: April 21, 2004

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Herman Wouk, one of America's best-known and most popular novelists, discussed his writing career and his new novel, "A Hole in Texas" (Little, Brown, 2004) with journalist William Safire at the Library of Congress on April 21, 2004.

Wouk describes "A Hole in Texas," his 12th novel, as "a short, funny book on a deadly serious theme, the interface between science and politics." The novel is set in the midst of Congress' 1993 curtailment of the Superconducting Supercollider in Texas, which would have become one of the largest physics experiments of all time.

The April 21 colloquy of author and journalist William Safire is part of the Center for the Book's "Books & Beyond" author series, which highlights new books of particular relevance to the Library of Congress. The event is co-sponsored by the Library's Science, Technology and Business Division, which assisted Wouk in his research for "A Hole in Texas."

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