by Jonathan Harr · Random House Inc (P) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375704383
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«A Civil Action» is the nonfiction work by Jonathan Harr, published by Random House Inc (P) in paperback (502 pages, in English).
It recounts the real case of water contamination in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. A lawyer defends several sick families against two large corporations, and the case, which seemed simple, becomes a long and costly legal process full of ethical dilemmas.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and finalist for the National Book Award; also received the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award. The real case it narrates is Anderson v. Cryovac.
For readers of nonfiction, true crime, and law, and for those who enjoy real stories of legal battles against large corporations.
Jonathan Harr is an American writer, best known for the nonfiction work A Civil Action.
