Michael Crichton Attacks Critic By Writing Him Into New Book As Child Molester...

Eat The Press Rachel Sklar December 14, 2006 12:39 PM

Apparently blockbuster novelist Michael Crichton, not content with making up science to debunk global warming, is now taking literary swipes at journalists who write stuff about him that he doesn't like. In his new book, Next, he introduces a character called "Mick Crowley" -- a Washington political columnist who rapes a two-year old boy. Funnily enough, Crichton was the target of a highly critical New Republic cover story earlier this year....by Washington political writer Michael Crowley, who often goes by "Mike." Which sounds an awful lot like "Mick."
Crichton's literary hit can be found on all of two pages in his book, but it's memorable. Here's an excerpt:

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