Disclosure

by Michael Crichton

Book Overview

A brutal struggle in the cutthroat computer industry; a shattering psychological game of cat and mouse; an accusation of sexual harassment that threatens to derail a brilliant career...this is the electrifying core of Michael Crichton's new novel, the first since Rising Sun. At the center: Tom Sanders, an up-and-coming executive with DigiCom in Seattle, a man whose corporate future is certain. Until: after a closed-door meeting with his new boss --...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679419454
• ISBN13: 9780679419457
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A thrilling roller coaster ride!!!!

This is Michael Crichtons second non techno thriller. What i mean by this, is that it doesnt have crazy biological stuff about it. But that doesnt mean he cant right a good novel about real life. In this book we follow Tom Sanders, a well off family man that is a manager of a computer company. He is expecting a promotion, but the day he expects it, he finds that an old lover from ten years ago comes out of nowhere and gets the job he was planning on getting. While catching up with her later that night in her office, things happen. The next day Tom is accused of sexual Harassment. Tom is stuck in a corner, with his marriage, job, and life on the line, unless he does something about it.Everyone is against Sanders, i mean, what man accuses a woman of sexual harassment. This is what Crichton is trying to put out there for us. It can happen, and it does/did happen.This book is based on a true story that will leave you gasping every chapter. This book was great. I loved it. Don't pass this up because its not set in a dinosaur park. Michael Crichton can still right one hell of a thriller set in an everyday environment. Every page has a new meaning and makes you think differntly, all the way up to the incredibly shocking conclusion.

????????

I'm a huge Crichton fan, but i've never heard of this book. If anyone has any info on it could you write a review about it? i'd really appreciate it.

His Best!

I have read all of Crichton's fiction novels except one (Congo) and I can say without a doubt that this is his best one. Sure, it's not the modern science fiction as usual that he does so well, and you have to get into the book a little before it is very exciting, but I promise you that once this book hits it's stride you will not be able to put it down. After the excitement level was upped I read most of the rest of the book in one setting. It is very suspenseful, just when you think Sander's problems are coming to an end, something else comes up.Also, several people have commented that the plot is fanciful because in it a man is sexually harrased by a woman. However, as statistics will show, going by the fact that there is a smaller percentage of women as heads of corporations than men, and taking into account the harrasment cases brought up against them by men there is actually a greater percentage of women who sexually harrass than men in the workplace. And besides, I imagine that the great majority of them that do come up aren't reported. After all, if a woman came up to you...But aside from my comments on society, JUST READ THE BOOK. Make what you want out of it, it was controversial and raised a lot of questions for a reason... it's good!

I loved it!

When I first starting readin this book I was sceptical because it wasn't science fiction like most of Crichton's other books. But, reluctantly, I sat down and started reading, the first ten pages were pretty boring then it got up pace and I started to really enjoy this book, I was hooked around page 25 and couldn't stop reading, and at page 100 I was deeply lost in this wonderful novel. I read the next 400 pages quickly and loved every single minute of it. The characters were interesting and enjoyable to read about. And after I was done I noticed that no one else really wrote about sexual harassment and the man be the victim and I then saw how Crichton told the truth about sexual harassment, that the man is always blamed no matter what. I advise everybody to go out to your local book store and pick this book up, I promise you'll love it like I did!

One of Crichtons Best!

I read this some time ago when it first came and anticipated the film (which was highly disappointing). Crichtons mystery novel in the world of business and computers and sexual harassment. Tom Sanders who works for a computer company, when an old friend, female friend, comes into play as his boss. She lays down the laws that eventually work against him in this great thriller that I found a vary hard book to put down. Well written, easy and informative as well, which makes Crichton so intriguing is his factual knowledge he places within the context of the fictional world. Reccomended for mystery lovers, and those on the trail of reading Crichton.