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Title: FIVE PAST MIDNIGHT IN BHOPAL
By: Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro
Format: Paperback

List price: £7.99


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ISBN 10: 0743220358
ISBN 13: 9780743220354
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Pub. date: 3 February, 2003
Pages: 432
Translated from: French
Description: A beautifully written human account of the infamous Bhopal chemical accident, from the bestselling author of CITY OF JOY.
Synopsis: It was hailed as a miracle. A cheap, effective solution to India's food shortages, the American pesticide, Sevin, promised the world. And Union Carbide's state-of-the-art factory would provide jobs for the thousands of refugees who came from far and wide to the vibrant, teeming city of Bhopal, dreaming of a better life. But at five past midnight on the night of 3 December 1984, a terrible explosion poured noxious fumes into Bhopal's crowded slums. The apocalypse had begun. With pace and compassion, Lapierre and Moro bring this disaster and its victims to centre stage: the young Padmini who is to be married that night; the advent of Union Carbide and its mission to rescue the Third World; a Scottish nun who risks her life to save lost children; and a poetry lover who unleashes the tragedy. They weave together these and many other stories to tell this epic of love and heroism, catastrophe and consequence. Vivid and compelling, FIVE PAST MIDNIGHT IN BHOPAL is an unforgettable tale of courage amid disaster.
Publication: US
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Returns: Returnable
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