Contemporary Literary Criticism | Crichton, Michael (Vol. 90) - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (review date 6 January 1994)

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (review date 6 January 1994)

SOURCE: "Sex, Power and a Workplace Reversal," in The New York Times, January 6, 1994, p. C12.

[Lehmann-Haupt is a Scottish-born American critic and chief book reviewer for the New York Times. In the following mixed review of Disclosure, he maintains that the plot—despite its contemporary, "high-tech" appearance which masks various implausibilities—is a traditional and exciting "battle of the sexes" story.]

If you think Japan got a bashing in Michael Crichton's Rising Sun, just wait till you see what happens to the cause of equal opportunity in his clever new novel, Disclosure, about a sexual-harassment suit.

The story opens with its protagonist, Tom Sanders, looking forward to the acquisition of the Seattle-based company he works for, Digital Communications, by a New York publishing conglomerate. This merger stands to bring Tom a promotion as...

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