Rising sun : a novel / Michael Crichton.
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TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 2012, ©1992.Description: 371 pages ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0345538978 (pbk.)
- 9780345538970 (pbk.)
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Main Library | Fiction | Crichton Michael | Available | 33111007939339 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline , and Sphere comes this riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests.
"As well built a thrill machine as a suspense novel can be."-- The New York Times Book Review
On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles--the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate--a grand opening celebration is in full swing.
On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the corpse of a beautiful young woman is discovered.
The investigation immediately becomes a headlong chase through a twisting maze of industrial intrigue, a no-holds-barred conflict in which control of a vital American technology is the fiercely coveted prize--and in which the Japanese saying "Business is war" takes on a terrifying reality.
"A grand maze of plot twists . . . Crichton's gift for spinning a timely yarn is going to be enough, once again, to serve a current tenant of the bestseller list with an eviction notice."--New York Daily News
"The action in Rising Sun unfolds at a breathless pace."-- Business Week
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-371).
On the 45th floor of the Matsumoto Tower in LA, the headquarters of the Japanese Electronics Corporation, celebrities from the film and music world mix with the captains of industry and politics. On the 46th floor, the dead body of a young woman is discovered.