As with nearly all of Michael Crichton’s novels, Rising Sun also formed the basis for a movie starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. The novel itself is also a move away from the traditional medical base that Crichton used for his earlier works. The story is as much a promotion of US attitudes ... Read review
...all of Michael Crichton’s novels, Rising Sun also formed the basis for a movie starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. The novel itself is also a move away from the traditional medical base that Crichton used for his earlier works. The story is as much a promotion of US attitudes to Japanese dominance as a tale of murder. The backdrop is high-tech oriental industry in which murder is committed under extenuating circumstances. Detective Peter Smith ... more
As with nearly all of Michael Crichton’s novels, Rising Sun also formed the basis for a movie starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. The novel itself is also a move away from the traditional medical base that Crichton used for his earlier works. The story is as much a promotion of US attitudes to Japanese dominance as a tale of murder. The backdrop is high-tech oriental industry in which murder is committed under extenuating circumstances. Detective Peter Smith must solve the murder as quickly and quietly as possible. Once again this book is better than the film.
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. By the author of "Jurassic Park".
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