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Rising Sun

Rising Sun

by Michael Crichton

Japanese cultureYakuzaLos Angeles Police DepartmentmurderIndustries
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This transcript is the property of the Los Angeles Police Department and is quote from, or otherwise reproduce or reveal the contents of this document is limited by law.

About this book

Rising Sun is a 1992 novel by Michael Crichton. It was his eighth under his own name and eighteenth overall, and is about a murder in the Los Angeles headquarters of Nakamoto, a fictional Japanese corporation. The book was published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. An image of fashion model Gia Carangi is incorporated in the cover art for the original edition. ---------- Also contained in: - [Rising Sun / The Andromeda Strain / Binary](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23658811W) - [Two Complete Novels: Disclosure/Rising Sun][2] [1]: http://www.michaelcrichton.com/rising-sun/ [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950533W/Disclosure_Rising_Sun

Themes & subjects

Japanese cultureYakuzaLos Angeles Police DepartmentmurderIndustriesPolice in fiction

Characters & people

Setting

CaliforniaLos AngelesJapanNakamoto Towerdowntown Los AngelesUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUnited StatesTexasSilicon ValleyLos Angeles (Calif.)

About the author

Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton

October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008

An American writer and filmmaker.

Author

Michael Crichton

Pages

399

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

54

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Publisher

Ballantine Books

ISBN

9780091828790

Where to buy

TR
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Around the web

Rising Sun - MichaelCrichton.com Fiction Book Review: Rising Sun by Michael Crichton, Author Alfred A ... Books of The Times; Investigating a Murder Japan Wants Unsolved RISING SUN by Michael Crichton | Kirkus Reviews en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_(Crichton_novel)

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