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001			ASIN0385515049
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005			20110106080300.0
008			110106s2008 xxu eng d
020			_a0385515049 (hardcover) _c$27.95
020			_a9780385515047 (hardcover)
040			_cKIM
050			_aPS 3557 _b.G75 2008
082	0	4	_a813.54
100	1		_aGrisham, John. _91926
245	1	4	_aThe appeal / _cJohn Grisham.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bDoubleday, _c2008.
300			_a368 p. ; _c24 cm.
520			_aPolitics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too. 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 Supreme Court justice. The Appeal is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.
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