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Congo
Author: Michael Crichton

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Publisher: Ballantine
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780345378491 - ISBN-10: 0345378490
Publication Date: 11/23/1992
Pages: 332


Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Audio Cassette (Edition Abridged), Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Hardcover, Paperback

Book Description:
Deep in the heart of the darkest region of the Congo...an eight-person field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes. Ten thousand miles away, at the Houston-based Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc., supervisor Karen Ross watches a gruesome video transmission of that ill-fated team...and [sees]the grainy, moving image of a dark, blurred shape....a new expedition is sent into the Congo, descending into a secret world where the only way out may be through the grisliest deathÂ…

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Amy R. (pauli) wrote on 3/23/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Deep in the heart of the darkest region of the Congo, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an eight-person field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes. Ten thousand miles away, at teh Houston-based Earth Resources Technology Services, supervisor Karen Ross watches a gruesome video transmission of that ill-fated team: a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside bodies--and the grainy, moving image of a dark, blurred shape. In San Francisco, primatologist Peter Elliot works with Amy, an extraordinary gorilla with a 620 "sign" vocabulary an a fondness for finger painting. Her recent drawing matches, with stunning accuracy, the frayed brittle pages of a Portuguese print dating back to 1642--a drawing of the ancient lost city. Immediately, a new expedition is sent into the Congo, descending into a secret world where the only way out may be through the grisliest death.
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JoEllen D. wrote on 11/10/2007...


Mr. Crichton is at it again with an old-fashioned thriller-diller....ingenious, imaginative waid the Los Angeles Times. Deep in the darkest region of the Congo things are happening. You must mead this book to find out the answers.......

Deborah W. (DBW) wrote on 5/7/2007...


My book has a different cover, but it's the same book. Action, adventure, terror. This book has it all!

Will S. (rolltide) wrote on 4/19/2007...


The front cover of the book is missing. However, it is one of the best books I have ever read.

Christy S. (bluesbaby) wrote on 4/1/2007...


Publisher's Notes
An anthropological expedition disappears in the middle of the Congo, leaving behind a video tape that shows dark figures bearing down on them before fading to nothingness. A member of the home team travels to Africa to investigate, accompanied by a group of scientists who have trained a gorilla named Amy to communicate with humans. "Congo" was the basis for the 1995 film by the same name.
"Suspense that won't stop...A believable and immensely entertaining page-turner."
Morrell

CAROLE H. (Divergirl) wrote on 3/29/2007...


Apes, danger and suspense in the Congo. Great reading.

Amber O. (aowens83) wrote on 3/20/2007...


Deep in the heart of the darkest region of the Congo, near the legendary ruins od the Lost City of Zinj, an eight-person field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes.

Linda M. wrote on 1/23/2007...


One of Crichton's best. A ton better than the movie.

Steven S. (sstrng) wrote on 1/22/2007...


The best of the Crichton books in my opinion.

Joe C. wrote on 12/1/2006...


this is a hardcover book

Mary Elaine L. (Laney) wrote on 10/29/2006...


Suspense that won't stop.


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