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Rising Sun

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#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

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780345538970
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 384
  • Udgivet:
  • 28. august 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 108x28x196 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 215 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 4. december 2024

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#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

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