New York: Doubleday Broadway Pub Group, Random House, 2008-01-28. First Edition. hardcover. Used-Very Good/Very Good. 6.5 x 1.18 x 9.51 inches. pp358; Hardcopy with paper dust jacket in very good condition; Clean pages; Light edgewear; coffee stain along outer text block; light grey board with gold title on black spine

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John Grisham is the author of twenty-three novels, including, most recently, The Litigators; one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and a novel for young readers. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.

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On Mar 10 2011, Feeney said:

John Grisham's 2008 novel, THE APPEAL, is good, light bedtime reading. But it is hard to fit into literary pigeonholes. Is is tragic? A gigantic American conglomerate controlled by a superachieving, take-no-prisoners entrepreneur in Manhattan, pollutes the soil and water of a Mississippi town for decades. Cancer rates exceed 12 times the national average. A Jury slaps a huge punitive damage award against the firm. A virtually bankrupt local mom and pop law firm representing the plaintiff needs its share of the award to pay off debts and get a personal life once again.The big man behind the polluting corporation vows never to pay a cent. Will he prevail? ***Not without a plan, the best that money can buy. In this case the plan is to prevent the re-election of a moderate, swing-vote Irish Catholic Mississippi Supreme Court justice (one of nine members) and replace her with a small town WASP Baptist lawyer little league coach with a squeaky clean, unthinking pro-business record. Will he ever realize that he is being used? *** The rest of the novel is about the complex, cynical campaign to add an ultra-conservative yes-man swing vote to the Mississippi Supreme Court by overpowering the initially unsuspecting candidate up for re-election with money and slick, often dirty campaigning. The issue is at times in doubt and much depends on the moral fiber of the puppet candidate for the court. -OOO-

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Bookseller: Paper Garden Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: PGB0002177
Title: The Appeal: A Novel
Author: Grisham, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used-Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385515049
ISBN 13: 9780385515047
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway Pub Group, Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2008-01-28
Size: 6.5 x 1.18 x 9.51 inches
X weight: 22 oz

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