The Sun Chemist is a thriller by Lionel Davidson.
![]() First edition | |
Author | Lionel Davidson |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 1976 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Pages | 284 pp |
ISBN | 0-14-004479-5 |
OCLC | 16425089 |
Plot summary
editLetters in the archive correspondence of Chaim Weizmann, first president of Israel, hint that, in his profession as a distinguished organic chemist, Weizmann had stumbled on a method for the cheap synthesis of petroleum. Now, decades later, a world buffeted by oil shocks and perpetually rising prices would welcome such a chemical miracle. But Weizmann's laboratory notebooks must be found first, and an unseen and powerful enemy will stop at nothing to keep them hidden.