by Michael Crichton · Garzanti · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788811681557
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«Congo» is the science fiction and adventure novel by Michael Crichton, published by Garzanti in paperback (378 pages, in Italian).
Deep in the Congo jungle and during a civil war, a scientific expedition tracks legendary blue gems on which the future of computing depends. The expedition discovers a strange and highly intelligent race of primates, a possible missing link between gorilla and human, in an adventure of science fiction and suspense.
The work, originally published in 1980, won the Grinzane Cavour Prize for foreign fiction in 1982; this 2009 Italian edition belongs to the Elefanti bestseller collection.
For readers of science fiction and adventure novels, as well as for fans of Michael Crichton.
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
