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The latest legal thriller from international number one bestselling author John GrishamIn 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 mould 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 the electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.
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chemical industry, Mississippi fiction, legal thriller, Eliminación de desechos, Productos químicos, Aspectos ambientales, Environmental aspects, Industria química, Corrupt practices, Fiction, Trials (Offenses against the environment), Fabricación, Corrupción y prácticas corruptas, Corporations, Waste disposal, Ficción, Compañías, Mississippi, fiction, Fiction, legal, Fiction, thrillers, general, Wall Street (New York, N.Y.), Legal stories, Large type books, Fiction, thrillers, Roman policier, Procès (Crimes contre l'environnement), Romans, nouvelles, Entreprises, Pratiques déloyales, Policier et suspense, Spanish language materials, Novela, Procesos criminales, Abfallbeseitigung, Umweltdelikt, Bevölkerung, Todesfall, Rechtsstreit, Intrige, Chemische Industrie, Konzern, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Wall street (new york, n.y.), fiction, Chemical industry, nyt:mass-market-monthly=2023-02-12, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewedPlaces
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Carl Trudeau is very unhappy that the Mississippi court system has ruled against his chemical company. His company was accused of dumping toxic waste into the water supply of a small town thus causing a large outbreak of cancer in the community. He proceeds to buy a seat on the Supreme Court by recruiting, manipulating and financing a candidate who he hopes will be sympathtic to his company since he has invested so much in him.
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