书籍介绍
本书是《当代国外流行小说名篇丛书》系列之一。本书记叙的是一个发生在美国波士顿小镇沃伯恩的真实故事。由于两家大化工制药公司的化工原料污染了当地的井水，当地居民尤其是儿童白血病患者的数量急剧增加，先后有多名儿童死于白血病。年轻有为的律师施利特曼代表被害家庭为此进行了一场长达七年的诉讼……事件真实，情节曲折动人。
精彩摘录
- ""Little questions," continued Facher. " Little bricks build big walls. Too many of you are afraid to ask simple questions. The tools of the trade are the English language and the rules of evidence."
- "四万美元现金。不，不用现金，我去夏威夷还是用信用卡吧。我要白金信 用卡 “不行。”戈登说 “我必须挽回我的尊严。”施利希特曼说道。 为什么不能用万事达信用卡？你觉得你在夏威夷待一个月后白金 里还能剩多少钱？ 就让我回到两年前吧。让我再任性一次。施利希特曼喃喃自语道 你打算怎么还信用卡账单？” 庭外和解。”施利希特曼说道 壶浊酒喜相逢，古今多少事，都付笑谈中。滚滚长江东逝水，浪花 淘尽英雄。是非成败转头空，青山依旧在，几度夕阳红。"
作者简介
Jonathan Harr lives and works in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he has taught nonfiction writing at Smith College. He is a former staff writer at New England Monthly and has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine.
Harr spent nine years researching and writing A Civil Action, which was published in 1995, subsequently nominated for a National Book Award, and awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award.,,
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