false 1248179 26 <i>Politics has always been a dirty game.<br>Now justice is, too.</i> In a crowded courtroom in Mississipi, 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. <i>Their</i> Supreme Court justice. <i>The Appeal</i> is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again. 2934427 1994 The Appeal total:6979|5:748|4:2100|3:2706|2:1108|1:317| 6979 22791 9674 1816 1 14 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 10:31:57 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 10:31:57 -0800 2008
Okay, first off --what is with the absolutely horrid neon orange color of the jacket back? Who picked this? Must have been colorblind. Each time I reached for this book my eyes felt violated.

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This author used to just write a good story. He would have action and definite good guys and bad guys . . . lately though he has a good enough following that he has decided that he is going to write whatever the heck he wants because he knows that p...more...]]> 1 4 false false Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 15:17:14 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 19:01:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 true true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 17:55:28 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 18:54:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 14:11:55 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 17:00:07 -0700 2008 The Appeal wouldn't make a successful film. At times, it appears to accede to the Hollywood formula, but then, it retreats to Grisham's forte'--realism. Oh, I know Grisham's work isn't as gritty as the descriptions of the world of meat-packing in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the vivid characterizati...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 16:08:08 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 15:01:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false true Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:46:32 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:28:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false true Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 11:45:34 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 22:38:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 11:26:17 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 14:18:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 16:09:43 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 16:15:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 12:53:15 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 09:29:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false true Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 07:21:25 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 07:25:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:39:06 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 11:10:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Apr 18 11:59:40 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 12:00:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:31:12 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:41:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 08:26:45 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 08:42:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 22:50:38 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 16:39:42 -0800 2009 The Pelican Brief. There are still an abundance of characters, but this time I didn't have trouble keeping track of them. There were fewer superfluous scenes or random one off scenes from a charact...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 10:48:42 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 11:19:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 15:32:59 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 15:42:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 20:22:20 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 20:31:57 -0800 2008
Talk about much ado about nothing. The novel starts strong, provid...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1248179