01662nam a22002417a 4500 8773 FISKH 20251020093703.0 251020b cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9783453434547 FISKH fre FISKH FISKH PS3557.R5355 A86 813.54 Grisham, John Berufung roman / John Grisham This edition published in 2009 Munchen : Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 2008 479 pages : 26 cm John Grisham's first legal thriller since The broker. 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. Chemical Industry Legal Thriller ddc BK 0 8773 8773 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC 001 001 ATKSF 2025-10-20 0 GRI 813.54 PS3557.R5355 A86 2025-4665 2025-10-20 09:36:55 1 2025-10-20 BK