内容简介
"Thelegalthrillerofthedecade."--ClevelandPlainDealerNowaMajorMotionPicture!Inthistruestoryofanepiccourtroomshowdown,twoofthenation'slargestcorporationsstandaccusedofcausingthedeathsofchildren.Representingthebereavedparents,theunlikeliestofheroesemerges:ayoung,flamboyantPorsche-drivinglawyerwhohopestowinmillionsofdollarsandendsupnearlylosingeverything,includinghissanity.Asearing,compellingtaleofalegalsystemgoneawry--oneinwhichgreedandpowerfightanunendingstruggleagainstjustice--ACivilActionisalsothestoryofhowonedeterminedmancanultimatelymakeadifference.Withanunstoppablenarrativepower,itisanunforgettablereadingexperience.
作者简介
JonathanHarrlivesandworksinNorthampton,Massachusetts,wherehehastaughtnonfictionwritingatSmithCollege.HeisaformerstaffwriteratNewEnglandMonthlyandhaswrittenforTheNewYorkerandTheNewYorkTimesMagazine.HarrspentnineyearsresearchingandwritingACivilAction,whichwaspublishedin1995,subsequentlynominatedforaNationalBookAward,andawardedtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.,,