by Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro · Scribner · tapa dura · ISBN 9780743220347
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«Five Past Midnight in Bhopal» is the historical essay by Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro, published by Scribner in hardcover (391 pages, in English).
It reconstructs the catastrophe of December 3, 1984 in Bhopal (India), when a toxic gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant caused thousands of deaths and half a million injured. It interweaves testimonies and real characters in a chronicle of heroism and survival.
Work originally published in French as «Il était minuit cinq à Bhopal»; this English edition appeared on April 2, 2002.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of India, industrial disasters and non-fiction reportage.
Dominique Lapierre was a French author.
