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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345538978
ISBN-139780345538970
eBay Product ID (ePID)113296512
Product Key Features
Book TitleRising Sun: a Novel
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicPsychological, Thrillers / General, Mystery & Detective / General
GenreFiction
AuthorMichael Crichton
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight8.4 Oz
Item Length7.4 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN91-053173
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Synopsis#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, #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