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Airframe

  • 431 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1996
  • 73 editions

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1 About this book

Airframe is a novel by the American writer Michael Crichton, his eleventh under his own name and twenty-first overall, first published in 1996, in hardcover, by Knopf and then in 1997, as a paperback, by Ballantine Books.

The plot follows Casey Singleton, a quality assurance vice president at the fictional aerospace manufacturer Norton Aircraft, as she investigates an in-flight accident aboard a Norton-manufactured airliner that leaves three passengers dead and 56 injured.

Good for readers who want: adventure and science fiction.

  • Action and adventure fiction
  • Adventure
  • Thrillers
  • Science fiction
  • Espionage
  • Thrillers, espionage
  • Investigation

2 About Michael Crichton

1942–2008

John Michael Crichton ( KRY-tən; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author 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.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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