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Congo is a fast-paced adventure thriller with action and danger, but violence is not graphically depicted. The story involves deaths and conflict, including attacks by gorillas and human antagonists, creating tension and some scary moments. While it explores themes of courage and problem-solving, the tone and complexity are better suited to older teens than younger readers. The technical language and sophisticated plot structure also suggest a more mature audience.
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Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo. Crichton calls Congo a lost world n... Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo. Crichton calls Congo a lost world novel in the tradition founded by Henry Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, featuring the mines of that work's title. ---------- Also contained in: - Congo/Jurassic Park - [Congo / Sphere / Eaters of the Dead][2] [1]: http://www.michaelcrichton.com/congo/ [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950504W/Congo_Sphere_Eaters_of_the_Dead
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- kakundakari
- type IIb
- diamonds
- thrillers
- science fiction
- adventure fiction
- adventure stories
- Fiction
- Archaeology
- Gorilla
- American Science fiction
- Horror stories
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ISBN 9780060541835 · Avon