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by:
John Grisham (author)
Małe miasteczko w Missisipi. Wdowa po zmarłym na raka płuc nałogowym palaczu domaga się od koncernu tytoniowego ogromnego odszkodowania. Pozornie nieciekawy proces cywilny wywołuje ogromne emocje wśród prawników, lobby tytoniowego i na Wall Street. Łapówki mają zapewnić przychylność sędziów...
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Małe miasteczko w Missisipi. Wdowa po zmarłym na raka płuc nałogowym palaczu domaga się od koncernu tytoniowego ogromnego odszkodowania. Pozornie nieciekawy proces cywilny wywołuje ogromne emocje wśród prawników, lobby tytoniowego i na Wall Street. Łapówki mają zapewnić przychylność sędziów przysięgłych. Ale nikt nie podejrzewa, co dzieje się za zamkniętymi drzwiami, gdzie obradują. I kto naprawdę decyduje o werdykcie...
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ISBN:
9788324114993
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: Amber
Edition language: Polski
Once in a while, my spouse feels that it's important to help "clean out" her elderly mother's house. One way to help is to bring books home. Mostly, they get instantly recycled to the church-fair book table, but occasionally, I pick one up and read it. This is one such book. I vaguely remember havin...
The Runaway Jury by John GrishamRead one other book by this author and thought I'd try another as I enjoyed the process of the clues to solving the mysteries that arise.Love how he captures your attention and holds it for the whole book as the plot moves along.Interesting learning how the tobacco co...
I enjoyed the concept of this novel. The main event is a trial between a shady group of lawyers trying to take down big Tobacco with a lawsuit, and the even shadier lawyers representing the tobacco companies. Nicholas Easter is on the jury and he informs the tobacco group that he could send a verdic...
shares some cross-genre sensibilities, being a "mafia vs. cops" book in the sense that one person in the other camp can hinge the whole story / plot. readable, quality, yet knowledge of the writer's entire works seems to depress how far i can raise that ticker. in other words, not a Grisham fan, so ...
Runway Jury, is the more traditional Grisham, but a nifty suspense-filled story. I really enjoyed it. Lawyers will hate it, as it portrays them as terrible blood-sucking-win-at-any-cost malevolent characters. Fortunately, in this novel they get their due. In this novel Grisham dissects the...
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