1980 Michael Crichton novel (5)
I believe the answer is:
congo
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">1980 michael crichton novel</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for congo that I've seen before include "Region of central Africa" , "tea" , "It was known as Zaire" , "Wide river" , "African runner" .)