Five past midnight in Bhopal/
Lapierre, Dominique
Five past midnight in Bhopal/ Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro; translated form the French by Kathryn Spink. - London : Scribner, c2002. - xviii, 391 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Part One
A NEW STAR IN THE INDIAN SKY
1 - Firecrackers that kill, cows that die and insects that murder -- 2 - The planetary holocaust wrought by armies of ravaging insects -- 3 - A neighbourhood called Orya Bustee -- 4 - A visionary billionaire to the rescue of
humanity's food -- 5 - Three zealots on the banks of the Hudson -- 6 - The daily heroism of the people of the bustees -- 7 - An American valley that ruled the world -- 8 - A little mouse under the seats of Bhopal's trains -- 9 - A poison that smelt like boiled cabbage -- 10 — They deserved the mercy of God -- 11 - 'A hand for the future' -- 12 - A promised land on the ruins of a legendary kingdom -- 13 — A continent of 300 million peasants and 600 languages -- 14 - Some very peculiar pimps -- 15 - 'A plant as inoffensive as a chocolate factory' -- 16 - A new star in the Indian sky -- 17 _ 'They'll never dare send in the bulldozers' -- 18 - Wages of fear on the roads of Maharashtra -- 19 _ The Lazy Poets' Circle -- 20 - 'Carbide has poisoned our water!' ' -- 21 - The first deadly drops from the 'beautiful plant' -- 22 -Three tanks dressed up for a carnival -- 23 - 'Half a million hours of work and not a day lost' -- 24 - Everlasting roots in the black earth of the Kali Grounds
Part Two
A NIGHT BLESSED BY THE STARS
25 - A gas that makes you laugh before it kills you -- 26 _ 'You will all be reduced to dust' -- 27 _ Ali Baba's treasure for the heroes of the Kali Grounds -- 28 - The sudden arrival of a cost-cutting gentleman -- 29 - 'My beautiful plant was losing its soul' -- 30 - The fiances of the Orya Bustee -- 31 - The end of a young Indian's dream -- 32 - The vengeance of the people of the Kali Grounds -- 33 - Festivities that set hearts ablaze -- 34 - A Sunday unlike any other -- 35 - A night blessed by the stars
Part Three
THREE SARCOPHAGI UNDER THE MOON,
36 - Three sarcophagi under the moon -- 37 - 'What if the stars were to go on strike? -- 38 - Geysers of death -- 39 - Lungs bursting in the heart of the night -- 40 - 'Something beyond all comprehension' -- 41 - 'All hell has broken loose here!' -- 42 — A half-naked holy man in the heart of a deadly cloud -- 43 - The dancing girl was not dead -- 44 - 'Death to the killer, Anderson!' -- 45 - 'Carbide has made us the centre of the world' -- Epilogue -- What became of them " -- 'All that is not given is lost'
9780743220347
Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984
Pesticides industry--Accidents--India--Bhopal
363.1792/09543 / LAP/F
Five past midnight in Bhopal/ Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro; translated form the French by Kathryn Spink. - London : Scribner, c2002. - xviii, 391 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Part One
A NEW STAR IN THE INDIAN SKY
1 - Firecrackers that kill, cows that die and insects that murder -- 2 - The planetary holocaust wrought by armies of ravaging insects -- 3 - A neighbourhood called Orya Bustee -- 4 - A visionary billionaire to the rescue of
humanity's food -- 5 - Three zealots on the banks of the Hudson -- 6 - The daily heroism of the people of the bustees -- 7 - An American valley that ruled the world -- 8 - A little mouse under the seats of Bhopal's trains -- 9 - A poison that smelt like boiled cabbage -- 10 — They deserved the mercy of God -- 11 - 'A hand for the future' -- 12 - A promised land on the ruins of a legendary kingdom -- 13 — A continent of 300 million peasants and 600 languages -- 14 - Some very peculiar pimps -- 15 - 'A plant as inoffensive as a chocolate factory' -- 16 - A new star in the Indian sky -- 17 _ 'They'll never dare send in the bulldozers' -- 18 - Wages of fear on the roads of Maharashtra -- 19 _ The Lazy Poets' Circle -- 20 - 'Carbide has poisoned our water!' ' -- 21 - The first deadly drops from the 'beautiful plant' -- 22 -Three tanks dressed up for a carnival -- 23 - 'Half a million hours of work and not a day lost' -- 24 - Everlasting roots in the black earth of the Kali Grounds
Part Two
A NIGHT BLESSED BY THE STARS
25 - A gas that makes you laugh before it kills you -- 26 _ 'You will all be reduced to dust' -- 27 _ Ali Baba's treasure for the heroes of the Kali Grounds -- 28 - The sudden arrival of a cost-cutting gentleman -- 29 - 'My beautiful plant was losing its soul' -- 30 - The fiances of the Orya Bustee -- 31 - The end of a young Indian's dream -- 32 - The vengeance of the people of the Kali Grounds -- 33 - Festivities that set hearts ablaze -- 34 - A Sunday unlike any other -- 35 - A night blessed by the stars
Part Three
THREE SARCOPHAGI UNDER THE MOON,
36 - Three sarcophagi under the moon -- 37 - 'What if the stars were to go on strike? -- 38 - Geysers of death -- 39 - Lungs bursting in the heart of the night -- 40 - 'Something beyond all comprehension' -- 41 - 'All hell has broken loose here!' -- 42 — A half-naked holy man in the heart of a deadly cloud -- 43 - The dancing girl was not dead -- 44 - 'Death to the killer, Anderson!' -- 45 - 'Carbide has made us the centre of the world' -- Epilogue -- What became of them " -- 'All that is not given is lost'
9780743220347
Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984
Pesticides industry--Accidents--India--Bhopal
363.1792/09543 / LAP/F