A Civil Action was made into a movie starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall. He lives and works in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he has taught nonfiction writing at Smith College. His sister, Cynthia Lauwers, lives in North Andover, Massachusetts. Brought to life on the big screen, the film version starred John Travolta, stunned the nation, and made Harr a household name. With an unstoppable narrative power reminiscent of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, A Civil Action is an unforgettable reading experience that will leave the reader both shocked and enlightened. Jonathan Harr is an American writer, best known for A Civil Action. He is a former staff writer at the New England Monthly and has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes to win millions of dollars and ends up nearly losing everything, including his sanity. JONATHAN HARR is the author of the national bestseller A Civil Action, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and The Lost Painting, a New York Times bestseller. A Civil Action is based upon a true story that Jonathan Harr, a former staff writer of New England Monthly describes a case that in the legal system that is. Yet it is also the story of how one man can ultimately make a difference.

Described as 'a page-turner filled with greed, duplicity, heartache, and bare-knuckle legal brinksmanship by The New York Times, A Civil Action is the searing, compelling tale of a legal system gone awry-one in which greed and power fight an unending struggle against justice. This true story of an epic courtroom showdown, where two of the nation's largest corporations were accused of causing the deaths of children from water contamination, was a #1 national bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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