New York, Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316525901 . A Near Fine first edition/first printing with denting and rubbing to the board trim housed in a soiled Very Good+ dust-jacket that also is stained from adhesive residue; A Hole in Texas is the story of an American family that goes from the city to the country to escape the war. They are the Wouks and their youngest, Gene, is the narrator. The Wouks are a loving family but they are also struggling to make ends meet. They have to move because their home is being bombed and they are in danger. They end up in a small town in Texas and things are not as they seem. There is a hole in the ground and people are disappearing into it. The Wouks start to worry and they start to look for answers. They find out that the hole is a place where people are being taken to be killed. They are able to save some of the people and they are able to find out who is responsible for the hole and the killings.; 8vo; 278 pages; MR .

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A Hole In Texas is a novel by Herman Wouk. Published in 2004, the book describes the adventures of a high-energy physicist following the surprise announcement that a Chinese physicist (with whom he had a long-ago romance) had discovered the long-sought Higgs boson. Parts of the plot are based on the aborted Superconducting Super Collider project. Published by Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 0-316-52590-1.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 53968
Title: A Hole in Texas - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Wouk, Herman
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0316525901
ISBN 13: 9780316525909
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Place of Publication: New York, Boston
Date Published: 2004

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