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3 cassettes/ 5 hours Read by A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court. His first choice is a nationally respected Court of Appeals judge, a woman whose nomination faces two serious obstacles: a long-held personal secret; and the prospect that a volatile abortion case--a trial pitting a 15-year old girl against her pro-life parents--will come before the court. And, the Senate majority leader is determined to thwart the president's nomination for reasons that cross the boundary between the political and the personal. As these stories intertwine, building in complexity and suspense, Patterson gives us the resounding clash of competing ambitions between the president and the majority leader; the equally momentous collision of science and culture in the courtroom; and, in an unprecedented novelistic depection of the legal process from the perspective of the judge rather than the lawyers, a revelation of both how the judicial system works and how it intersects with politics, for better and for worse.

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PublisherRandom House Audio Publishing Group

ISBN-100375416765

ISBN-139780375416767

eBay Product ID (ePID)1808555

Product Key Features

Publication Year2000

TopicGeneral, Mystery & Detective / General

Book TitleProtect and Defend

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorRichard North Patterson

FormatAudio, Other

Dimensions

Item Height1.2in.

Item Length7.1in.

Item Weight5 Oz

Item Width4.5in.

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"PROTECT AND DEFENDIS A WINNER. . . . ENGROSSING FROM THE FIRST PAGE . . . Patterson crank[s] up a wild ride on a roller coaster of morality, politics, and emotions." --USA Today "POWERFUL . . . RIVETING FROM BEGINNING TO END . . . WithProtect and Defend, Richard North Patterson lays further claim to being one of America's best contemporary popular novelists." --The Detroit News "BRILLIANT . . . PATTERSON HAS CAUGHT LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE. . . . PUT THIS ONE AT THE TOP OF YOUR HOT LIST." --STEPHEN KING From the Paperback edition., "PROTECT AND DEFEND IS A WINNER. . . . ENGROSSING FROM THE FIRST PAGE . . . Patterson crank[s] up a wild ride on a roller coaster of morality, politics, and emotions." --USA Today "POWERFUL . . . RIVETING FROM BEGINNING TO END . . . With Protect and Defend, Richard North Patterson lays further claim to being one of America's best contemporary popular novelists." --The Detroit News "BRILLIANT . . . PATTERSON HAS CAUGHT LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE. . . . PUT THIS ONE AT THE TOP OF YOUR HOT LIST." --STEPHEN KING

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Edition DescriptionAbridged Edition