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Poison Paperback – January 19, 2016

by Ihor Gowda (Author)

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American nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer and British mathematician/codebreaker Alan Turing, whose extraordinary contributions were key to Allied victory in WWII, cross paths on the evening of June 6, 1954 – the tenth anniversary of D-Day, and the day before Turing's tragic suicide. Oppenheimer has fled to England to escape the public humiliation of his recent politically-motivated national security hearing, and Turing, who is depressed and grappling with the consequences of the court-ordered chemical castration administered following his recent conviction on homosexuality-related charges, has requested a meeting. Despite their radically different personalities, they warm to each other, gradually bond over personal and professional reminiscences, and begin to address the unconscionable persecution they have faced. Moved to candor by the heartbreaking parallels in their lives, Turing shares the secret of his still-classified work on cracking Nazi codes. Oppenheimer immediately grasps the significance of Turing’s achievement, and in a conversation that illuminates larger issues of gay rights, nuclear proliferation, and national security vs. individual rights - a conversation they alone could have had - they painfully reflect on their abandonment and rejection by the countries who owed them so much. Two broken men end the evening headed toward very different futures. This book contains the full text of the play Poison, supplemented by a large collection of historical photographs.