in 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.
who Are The Nine? How Will They Vote? Can One Be Replaced Before The Case Is Ultimately Decided?
the 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...
the New York Times - Janet Maslin
building 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 an Innocent Man, 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 the Appeal Are Essentially Stick Figures. What Works For Mr. Grisham Is His Patient, Lawyerly, Inexorable Way Of Dramatizing Urgent Moral Issues.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Dell
Author : Grisham, John
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2008-11-18
Number Of Pages : 496
Binding : mass_market
ISBN-10 : 0440244978
ISBN-13 : 9780440244974
Item weight : 0.6 lb
Dimensions : 1.5 in x 4.3 in x 6.7 in
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