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A Civil Action

A Civil Action

Hardback (01 Mar 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Over 20 years the children in Woburn, Boston suffered a high incidence of leukaemia. This was thought to have been caused by water pollution. The families of the dead hired Jan Schlichtmann to take on the corporations responsible. This is his story.

About the Publisher

Century

Century

Century was founded in 1981 and immediately established itself as an exceptionally dynamic publisher of bestselling authors, a tradition continued to this day. The Century list includes brand-name novelists such as James Patterson, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Jewell and Katie Fforde, and we are also proud to be publishing compelling and powerful debut novels such as Wool by Hugh Howey and Until You?re Mine by Samantha Hayes. Century's diverse non-fiction list includes Sunday Times bestseller Ross Kemp and autobiographies from major celebrities such as Rod Stewart, Peter Kay, Dawn French, James Corden, Eric Clapton and David Jason, and a broad range of exceptional non-fiction writing from authors such as Richard Bacon, Duncan Hamilton, and Christopher Sykes.

Book information

ISBN: 9780712676625
Publisher: Century
Imprint: Century
Pub date:
DEWEY: 347.30446343
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 500
Weight: 754g
Height: 240mm
Width: 158mm

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