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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780375712920
ISBN: 0375712925
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: May 27, 2003
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Sales Rank: 156859
Studio: Vintage
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In his triumphant fictional debut, Stephen Carter combines a large-scale, riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique family. The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the Eastern seabord—families who summer at Martha’s Vineyard—and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school.
Talcott Garland is a successful law professor, devoted father, and husband of a beautiful and ambitious woman, whose future desires may threaten the family he holds so dear. When Talcott’s father, Judge Oliver Garland, a disgraced former Supreme Court nominee, is found dead under suspicioius circumstances, Talcott wonders if he may have been murdered. Guided by the elements of a mysterious puzzle that his father left, Talcott must risk his marriage, his career and even his life in his quest for justice. Superbly written and filled with memorable characters, The Emperor of Ocean Park is both a stunning literary achievement and a grand literary entertainment.
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A complex, smart mystery filled with intrigue, drama, and more than a little danger awaits in Stephen L. Carter's engaging debut novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park. After the funeral of his powerful father (a federal judge whose nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court became a public scandal), Talcott Garland, an African American law professor at an Ivy League university, is left to unravel the meaning of a cryptic note and carry out "the arrangements" his father left behind. Armed with fortitude and familial devotion--though paranoid of his wife's fidelity--Talcott soon finds himself in an investigation that entangles him with a number of questionable Washington, D.C., denizens, including attorneys and government officials, law professors, the FBI, shady underworld figures, chess masters, and friends and family. All the while Talcott tries not to hurt his attorney wife's chance for a judicial nomination--and their fragile marriage--but the closer he comes to unraveling his father's dark secrets, the more dangerous things become.
Clocking in at over 650 pages, the novel could easily have been streamlined; many of Talcott's thoughts are unnecessarily repeated. But Carter's storytelling skills are adept: tension builds, surprises are genuine, clues are not handed out freely. The prose, while somewhat meandering, can be crisp and insightful, as demonstrated in Carter's description of the misguided paths of young attorneys who sacrifice all on the altar of career... at last arriving... at their cherished career goals, partnerships, professorships, judgeships, whatever kind of ships they dream of sailing, and then looking around at the angry, empty waters and realizing that they have arrived with nothing, absolutely nothing, and wondering what to do with the rest of their wretched lives. --Michael Ferch
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A mostly excellent little romp through the trials and tribulations of an upper-middle-class black family after the patriarch Judge keels over and dies, leaving a bit of a mystery behind for one of his sons to figure out. Carter has a great way with language, but could use an editor to cut back on some of his longer-winded meanderings.
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Stephen carter is now one of my favorite authors. His style of writing connects with completely. I was glued to the Emperor of Ocean Park and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a good thriller to read.
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I read this book several years ago and absoluately hated it, mainly for reasons other reviewers have listed. The more I read, the more I was unable to like, connect with or care about the main character. A few weeks ago when I was complaining about havning nothing to read, a friend suggested that I read it again, this time with the mindset that I did not have to like the main character. So I did, and I found myself enjoying this book a whole heck of a lot more - it was much easier to read about ... Read More
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I dare you to finish this book! I did, but you cannot. A simple interesting plot is destoryed by effusion, diffusion, confusion. Agggh! Give us a break. Tedious is the best word I can think of to describe. Save your time . . . and it takes a lot fo time to get through this, I assure you.
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I read The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter a few years ago in hardback and in eager anticipation of his second book, New England White, I re-read it in paperback over the summer. I would preface my review by saying that I am an avid fan of the mystery genre (I'm currently working my way through Ian Rankin's brilliant Inspector Rebus series) as well as a former international chess player and avid Supreme Court watcher. These interests are clearly shared by Carter, who when he is not writing ... Read More
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