Brainstorm

richard dooling

¿Somos verdaderamente libres o estamos determinados por las características fisiológicas de nuestro cerebro? La respuesta a este difícil interrogante será la clave para que Joe Watson, un joven abogado designado de oficio para defender a un delincuente de poca monta, llegue a esclarecer la verdad. El caso es difícil: el presunto homicida pertenece a una organización racista de extrema derecha, la víctima era un hombre negro y sordo, y el fiscal pretende aplicar una nueva legislación que castiga con la pena capital los crímenes motivados por el odio racial. Resistiendo a la presión de jueces y fiscales, y a riesgo de ser expulsado del prestigioso bufete donde trabaja y de que su mujer le abandone, Watson cuenta con sólo dos aliados para llevar a cabo la investigación: una hermosa neuróloga con un claro interés por el cerebro del acusado, además de un interés no tan profesional por el propio Watson, y una abogada criminalista con muchas agallas y muy pocos escrúpulos.

Genres fictionthrillermysteryamerican

405 pages, Paperback

First published March 24,1998

This edition

Format: 405 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1900 by Emece Editores
ISBN: 9789500421263
ASIN: 9500421267
Language: Spanish; Castilian

About the author

richard dooling

Author Richard Dooling's first novel, Critical Care, was made into a film directed by the great Sidney Lumet, starring James Spader and Helen Mirren. His second novel, White Man's Grave, was a finalist for the 1994 National Book Award. His third novel, Brain Storm, and his fourth novel, Bet Your Life, were both New York Times Notable Books Of The Year.

In 2003-2004, Richard Dooling co-wrote and helped produce Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital for ABC. Under the pen name Eleanor Druse, a mystic and savant in residence at Kingdom Hospital, Richard Dooling also wrote The Journals of Eleanor Druse, a New York Times bestseller.

Richard Dooling was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended college and law school at Saint Louis University and worked for a few years as a registered respiratory therapist in Omaha and St. Louis.

He practiced law at Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis for four years.

Richard Dooling lives with his wife, Kristy, in Montana.

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