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Rising SunRising Sun

Rising Sun

Michael Crichton

3.3(113)on Hardcover

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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

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OL Work ID
OL46887W

Subjects

Japanese cultureYakuzaLos Angeles Police DepartmentmurderIndustriesPolice in fictionJapanese corporations in fictionPoliceJapanese CorporationsFictionBusiness intelligenceDetective and mystery storiesBusiness intelligence in fictionIndustries in fictionPolice -- California -- Los Angeles -- FictionCorporations, Japanese -- California -- Los Angeles -- FictionBusiness intelligence -- FictionLos Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction

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