Easy Go

A thrillingly realistic-sounding discovery and exploration of a pristine Pharoah’s tomb is marred by Crichton’s exasperating and dated sexism. This would have been a nearly perfectly written book if there had been no women mentioned; they are — as the author makes clear — disposable objects. Otherwise, the old school genre is very enjoyable; readers familiar with Hollywood films of the 40s will recognize a very “Humphrey Bogart” type antihero in the journalist-adventurer. The details if the tomb and its treasures are the best part of the narrative.