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Blows!  Robert Harris  Published by Pantheon Books  Review by
Random House  In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius in Italy suffered a
colossal volcanic explosion that was 100,000 times more powerful
than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The eruption buried
Pompeii and a few other cities, killing thousands of Roman
citizens and slaves. If a Hollywood blockbuster was made of this
historical event, there would be a scientist of some sort trying
to convince everyone that the mountain was going to blow, and of
course, everyone would ignore him. Except, perhaps, for our
hero, struggling to overcome his own past failures, who realizes
too late that the scientist is right, and then through heroic
deeds and feats of strength, leads many to safety. A few
sympathetic souls would have to be sacrificed to dramatize just
how horrible it all was. In the end, most people are saved and
although they are humbled b