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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â?¢ Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to them. They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a past, and he has planned his every move with the help of a beautiful woman on the outside. Now, while a corporate empire hangs in the balance, while a grieving family waits, and while lawyers are plunged into a battle for their careers, the truth about Juror #2 is about to explode in a cross fire of greed and corruptionâ??and with justice fighting for its life… (altro)
Harvey1: Both are excellent tales,which can be enjoyed again and again. Each journey from cover to cover leads the reader into a deeper appreciation for the scope of understanding into humanity; it's flaws, foibles, and force.
From Publishers Weekly Grisham is either remarkably prescient or just plain lucky; because with public concerns about the tobacco companies heating up, and two major nonfiction books currently garnering a lot of attention, he has come up with a tobacco-suit novel that lights up the courtroom.
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Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him.
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In memoria di Tim Hargrove (1953-1995)
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The face of Nicholas Easter was slightly hidden by a display rack filled with slim cordless phones, and he was looking not directly at the hidden camera but somewhere off to the left, perhaps at a customer, or perhaps at a counter where a group of kids hovered over the latest electronic games from Asia.
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'And remember, Fitch, next time you boys go to trial, we'll be there.'
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â?¢ Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to them. They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a past, and he has planned his every move with the help of a beautiful woman on the outside. Now, while a corporate empire hangs in the balance, while a grieving family waits, and while lawyers are plunged into a battle for their careers, the truth about Juror #2 is about to explode in a cross fire of greed and corruptionâ??and with justice fighting for its life
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Un uomo muore di tumore a causa del fumo. La moglie, stravolta dal dolore, decide allora di sfidare in giudizio una potentissima multinazionale del tabacco, colpevole di produrre le sigarette che hanno lentamente ucciso il suo consorte. L'azienda ricorre a tutti i mezzi a sua disposizione per vincere la causa, ma il giudizio finale rimane incerto, legato alla scelta del dodicesimo giurato, Nicolas Easter, un giovane ex studente di legge dal passato sfuggente e misterioso. Come mai Nicolas fa parte di quella giuria? E, soprattutto, qual è il suo vero scopo?
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