by Michael Crichton · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401242519
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«Punto crítico» is Michael Crichton's technological suspense novel, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (451 pages, in Spanish).
Michael Crichton sets the action in the world of commercial aviation, within a large aeronautical company. An in-flight incident triggers an investigation with technological thriller overtones, where narrative tension combines with technical detail.
The original title is Airframe, originally published in 1996. This Spanish edition, translated by Mª Eugenia Ciocchini, appeared in 1998.
For readers of thrillers and suspense novels with an interest in aviation, technology, and investigative stories.
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.
