The Burning Man: A Novel - Brossura

Margolin, Phillip

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ISBN 10: 0553574957 ISBN 13: 9780553574951

Casa editrice: Bantam, 1997

Riassunto

From bestselling author Phillip Margolin, a fast-paced legal thriller packed with page-turning suspense.

Peter Hale is a young attorney struggling to make his own mark in his father's venerable law firm when he is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. During the trial of a multimillion-dollar case, Peter's father, the lead counsel, suffers a heart attack and asks Peter to move for a mistrial until he's feeling better. Peter decides this is his only chance to prove to his father that he is the terrific lawyer he knows himself to be, and he chooses to carry on with the case against his father's wishes. In his zeal to prove himself, Peter neglects his client and ends up losing everything—the case, his job, and his father.

Unemployed and disinherited, Peter takes the only job he is offered—that of a public defender in a small Oregon town. He hopes that if he can make good there, he can reinstate himself in his father's good graces. But his ambition again gets the best of him when he takes on a death-penalty case, representing a mentally retarded man accused of the brutal hatchet murder of a college coed. He's in way over his head, and it's only when Peter realizes that his greed and his ego may end up killing his client that he begins to understand what it really takes to be a good lawyer—and to become a man.

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Recensione:

Praise for The Burning Man and Phillip Margolin:

"Margolin specializes in characters who make your skin crawl."—People

"Margolin's perfectly crafted plot provides plenty of chills"—Chicago Tribune

"[Margolin] weaves disparate subplots and surprise twists into a terrific whodunit."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Intricate plotting and warp-speed suspense. The man knows how to write a legal thriller."—Publishers Weekly

L'autore:

Phillip Margolin was a practicing criminal defense attorney for twenty-five years, has tried many highprofile cases and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. His previous novels are Heartstone, The Last Innocent Man, Gone, but Not Forgotten, After Dark, and The Burning Man. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and two children.

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• Editore: Bantam
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0553574957
• ISBN 13: 9780553574951
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384