An edition of It was five past midnight in Bhopal (2001)
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal
The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster
By Dominique Lapierre,Javier Moro
Publish Date
June 1, 2003
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
eng
Pages
414
Description:
It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of people. When the noxious clouds cleared, the worst industrial disaster in history had taken place. Now, Dominique Lapierre brings the hundreds of characters, conflicts, and adventures together in an unforgettable tale of love and hope. Readers will meet the poetry-loving factory worker who unleashes the apocalypse, the young Indian bride who was to be married that terrible night, and the doctors who died that night saving others. It is a gripping, fascinating account that is already mesmerizing readers around the world.
subjects: Pesticides industry, Accidents, Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984, Antiquarian, Nonfiction, Sociology, Union Carbide Corporation, Union Carbide Ltd. (India), Environmental aspects of Methyl isocyanate, Industrial toxicology, Methyl isocyanate, Non-fiction, Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India. 1984, Bhopāl, Catastrophe de (1984), Produits chimiques, Catastrophes industrielles, Responsabilité pénale (droit international), Droit international pénal, Droits de l'homme, General, History - General History, Catastrophe de Bhopāl, Bhopāl, Inde, 1984, Bhopal (india)