The Appeal

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Century
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: Reprint

Description: 358 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small tear to jacket corner. This Is A Powerful, Timely, And Shocking Story Of Political And Legal Intrique, A Story That Will Leave Readers Unable To Think About The Electoral Process Or Judicial System In Quite The Same Way Ever Again.

Publishers Description: John Grisham is now an institution -- a writer whose bestselling status is assured, So assured, in fact, that expectations for each new book are as high as can be imagined. Does The Appeal make the grade And will it appeal to Grisham admirers -- or disappoint themThe stakes in the novels plot are high: corporate crime on the largest scale. The duo of lawyers at the centre of the narrative are Mary and Wes Grace, who succeed in a multimillion dollar case against a chemical company, who have polluted a town with dumped toxic waste. A slew of agonising deaths have followed this, but lawyers for the chemical company appeal, and a variety of legal shenanigans are employed -- and it is certainly not clear which way the scales of justice will be finally balanced.As ever with Grisham, the mechanics of plotting are key, and the characterisation is functional rather than detailed. But it is (as always) more than capable of keeping the reader totally engaged. Given John Grishams much-publicised conversion to born-again Christianity, its intriguing to note here the implicit criticism of the moral majoritys religious values, but that is hardly central to the enterprise. What counts is the storytelling, and while the writing is as straightforward and uncomplicated as ever, few readers will put down The Appeal once they have allowed it to exert its grip on upon them. --Barry Forshaw

ISBN: 9781844138234