BenBella Books

BenBella Books

English

"Crude Justice is a hugely satisfying legal thriller in which Big Oil suffers a well-deserved fall at the hands of bright, underfunded young lawyers and their small businessmen employers. At the same time, it is an alarming close-up view of an industry that routinely distorts or hides any evidence against it."—John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"In Crude Justice, attorney Stuart Smith reveals the ruthless bag of tricks Big Oil employs everywhere from small town oil fields to state courthouses to the highest offices of Washington, DC—and what you and I can do to stop it. An eye-opening call to action."—David Brock, author of the New York Times bestseller Blinded By the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative"Stuart Smith draws on his deep Southern roots to produce a true-to-life, nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat, hard-hitting David vs. Goliath thriller. Crude Justice is hands down one of the most powerful environmental books of our age."—Josh and Rebecca Tickell, directors of the award-winning documentaries Fuel and The Big Fix"Crude Justice is a page turner that reads like a crime novel—only the events documented in the book are all too real. . . . This book is a reminder of how difficult it is to shine a spotlight on even the most basic life-and-death stories from the frontlines of the energy economy. It is also a reminder of why those stories are so important and must be exposed."—David Sirota, of the New York Times bestselling book The Uprising