{"product_id":"0440243815-the_appeal","title":"The Appeal","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town s water supply, causing the worst cancer cluster in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Suprem...\u003c\/p\u003e\nThe New York Times - Janet Maslin\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding a remarkable degree of suspense into the all too familiar ploys described here, Mr. Grisham delivers his savviest book in years. His extended vacation from hard-hitting fiction is over. However passionately he cared about the nonfiction events he described in \u003ci\u003eAn Innocent Man,\u003c\/i\u003e his strong suit remains bluntly manipulative, no-frills storytelling, the kind that brings out his great skill as a puppeteer. It barely matters that the characters in \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e are essentially stick figures. What works for Mr. Grisham is his patient, lawyerly, inexorable way of dramatizing urgent moral issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery, Thriller \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrillers \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Dell","offers":[{"title":"Used - Acceptable","offer_id":48699604369598,"sku":"0440243815-5","price":12.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/610a2yCMbAL.jpg?v=1786452699","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0440243815-the_appeal","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}