| A Hole in Texas | |
| Author: | Herman Wouk |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Release Date: | April 14, 2004 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages: | 288 pages |
| Isbn: | 0-316-52590-1 |
| Dewey: | 813/.54 22 |
| Congress: | PS3545.O98 H65 2004 |
| Oclc: | 53019565 |
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, .
Kirkus Reviews said that A Hole In Texas was "Ingenious. Absolutely ingenious."[1] Publishers Weekly called it "Occasionally corny but also playful, thoughtful and passionate".[2] The journal Science said that Wouk "accurately depicts science as an often interactive and collegial enterprise", and that the novel offers a "refreshing contrast with the treatments of mad scientists that are so abundant in literature and popular culture."[3] The review in Nature had some criticism, saying that the "scientific explanations are pat and usually come in the form of long e-mails that bog down the plot", that the discussions of the Chinese people "verge on racism", and that the book's ending "falls flat".[4]