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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2003
- ISBN
- 9780375712920
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375712925
ISBN-13
9780375712920
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2420316
Product Key Features
Book Title
Emperor of Ocean Park
Number of Pages
672 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
African American / General, Family Life, Thrillers / Legal, Thrillers / Political, Mystery & Detective / General, African American / Mystery & Detective
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-038227
Reviews
"Rich, rewarding and compelling. . . . Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." "--USA Today" "Full of energy . . . high-spirited and fleet of foot. . . .This novel . . . lives on the page. . . . It's not much of an exaggeration to think that in Stephen Carter the black upper class has found its Dreiser" "-- The New York Times Book Review" "A remarkable debut novel...A rare look into the world of wealthy and established black families....One is at a loss to name another book...that has sought to convey, with such clarity, such depth of understanding or such cultural analysis, the uniqueness of this experience." "--Los Angeles Times ""A thrilling entertainment." "--Newsday" "Rich, rewarding and compelling. . . . Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." -"USA Today" "A delightful, sprawling, gracefully written, imaginative work, with sharply delineated characters who dwell in a fully realized narrative world." -"New York Review of Books" "A dense, dark legal thriller. . . . Talcott's clear-eyed observations of his peers, both white and black, give Emperor a social conscience that most books of its ilk lack." -"Time" "Closely observed, often affecting. . . . Written with easy authority . . . nimble . . . satiric.... persuasive." -"The New York Times" "A thriller as heady as it is hefty. . . . Using . . . wry descriptions of place, power and privilege, Carter keeps attitude spinning. . . . With Emperor, Carter fills the gap between intrigue and intelligence." -"People " "Carter writes powerfully about such virtuesas love, faith and forgiveness. . . . and offers a strong commentary on race as seen through the relationships between his characters." -"Philadelphia Inquirer " "An admirable debut . . . Mr. Carter's storytelling skills are impressive." -"Wall Street Journal " "The Emperor of Ocean Park" "is an outstanding work of fiction. . . . Masterfully developed. . . . A gripping story." -Newark" Sunday Star-Ledger" "[Carter] has shed an unblinking eye on an area of race and culture conspicuously absent in popular fiction." -"Miami Herald" "A light thriller for the beach; a wicked satire of academic politics; a stinging expose of the judicial confirmation process; a trenchant analysis of racial progress in America." -"The Christian Science Monitor", "Beautifully written and cleverly plotted. A rich, complex family saga, one deftly woven through a fine legal thriller." -- John Grisham"Rich, rewarding and compelling.... Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." --USA Today "Full of energy...high-spirited and fleet of foot.... This novel...lives on the page.... It's not much of an exaggeration to think that in Stephen Carter the black upper class has found its Dreiser." -- The New York Times Book Review "A remarkable debut novel.... A rare look into the world of wealthy and established black families.... One is at a loss to name another book...that has sought to convey, with such clarity, such depth of understanding or such cultural analysis, the uniqueness of this experience." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "A thrilling entertainment." --Newsday "Rich, rewarding and compelling.... Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." -- USA Today "A delightful, sprawling, gracefully written, imaginative work, with sharply delineated characters who dwell in a fully realized narrative world." -- New York Review of Books "A dense, dark legal thriller.... Talcott's clear-eyed observations of his peers, both white and black, give Emperor a social conscience that most books of its ilk lack." -- Time "Closely observed, often affecting.... Written with easy authority...nimble...satiric.... Persuasive." -- The New York Times "A thriller as heady as it is hefty.... Using...wry descriptions of place, power and privilege, Carter keeps attitude spinning.... With Emperor , Carter fills the gap between intrigue and intelligence." -- People "Carter writes powerfully about such virtues as love, faith and forgiveness...and offers a strong commentary on race as seen through the relationships between his characters." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "An admirable debut.... Mr. Carter's storytelling skills are impressive." -- Wall Street Journal " The Emperor of Ocean Park is an outstanding work of fiction.... Masterfully developed.... A gripping story." --Newark Sunday Star-Ledger "[Carter] has shed an unblinking eye on an area of race and culture conspicuously absent in popular fiction." -- Miami Herald "A light thriller for the beach; a wicked satire of academic politics; a stinging exposΓ© of the judicial confirmation process; a trenchant analysis of racial progress in America." -- The Christian Science Monitor, " Beautifully written and cleverly plotted. A rich, complex family saga, one deftly woven through a fine legal thriller." "--"John Grisham " Rich, rewarding and compelling.... Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." "--USA Today" " Full of energy...high-spirited and fleet of foot.... This novel...lives on the page.... It's not much of an exaggeration to think that in Stephen Carter the black upper class has found its Dreiser." "-- The New York Times Book Review" " A remarkable debut novel.... A rare look into the world of wealthy and established black families.... One is at a loss to name another book...that has sought to convey, with such clarity, such depth of understanding or such cultural analysis, the uniqueness of this experience." "--Los Angeles Times Book Review" " A thrilling entertainment." "--Newsday" " Rich, rewarding and compelling.... Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." --"USA Today" " A delightful, sprawling, gracefully written, imaginative work, with sharply delineated characters who dwell in a fully realized narrative world." --"New York Review of Books" " A dense, dark legal thriller.... Talcott's clear-eyed observations of his peers, both white and black, give Emperor a social conscience that most books of its ilk lack." --"Time" " Closely observed, often affecting.... Written with easy authority...nimble...satiric.... Persuasive." --"The New York Times" " A thriller as heady as it is hefty.... Using...wry descriptions of place, power and privilege, Carter keeps attitude spinning.... With Emperor, Carter fills the gap between intrigue and intelligence." --"People" " Carter writes powerfully about such virtues as love, faith and forgiveness...and offers a strong commentary on race as seen through the relationships between his characters." --"Philadelphia Inquirer" " An admirable debut.... Mr. Carter's storytelling skills are impressive." --"Wall Street Journal" " The Emperor of Ocean Park" "is an outstanding work of fiction.... Masterfully developed.... A gripping story." --Newark" Sunday Star-Ledger" " [Carter] has shed an unblinking eye on an area of race and culture conspicuously absent in popular fiction." --"Miami Herald" " A light thriller for the beach; a wicked satire of academic politics; a stinging expose of the judicial confirmation process; a trenchant analysis of racial progress in America." --"The Christian Science Monitor" "From the Trade Paperback edition.", "Beautifully written and cleverly plotted. A rich, complex family saga, one deftly woven through a fine legal thriller." -- John Grisham"Rich, rewarding and compelling.... Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." --USA Today "Full of energy...high-spirited and fleet of foot.... This novel...lives on the page.... It's not much of an exaggeration to think that in Stephen Carter the black upper class has found its Dreiser." -- The New York Times Book Review "A remarkable debut novel.... A rare look into the world of wealthy and established black families.... One is at a loss to name another book...that has sought to convey, with such clarity, such depth of understanding or such cultural analysis, the uniqueness of this experience." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "A thrilling entertainment." --Newsday "Rich, rewarding and compelling.... Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." -- USA Today "A delightful, sprawling, gracefully written, imaginative work, with sharply delineated characters who dwell in a fully realized narrative world." -- New York Review of Books "A dense, dark legal thriller.... Talcott's clear-eyed observations of his peers, both white and black, give Emperor a social conscience that most books of its ilk lack." -- Time "Closely observed, often affecting.... Written with easy authority...nimble...satiric.... Persuasive." -- The New York Times "A thriller as heady as it is hefty.... Using...wry descriptions of place, power and privilege, Carter keeps attitude spinning.... With Emperor , Carter fills the gap between intrigue and intelligence." -- People "Carter writes powerfully about such virtues as love, faith and forgiveness...and offers a strong commentary on race as seen through the relationships between his characters." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "An admirable debut.... Mr. Carter's storytelling skills are impressive." -- Wall Street Journal " The Emperor of Ocean Park is an outstanding work of fiction.... Masterfully developed.... A gripping story." --Newark Sunday Star-Ledger "[Carter] has shed an unblinking eye on an area of race and culture conspicuously absent in popular fiction." -- Miami Herald "A light thriller for the beach; a wicked satire of academic politics; a stinging exposΓ© of the judicial confirmation process; a trenchant analysis of racial progress in America." -- The Christian Science Monitor From the Trade Paperback edition., "Beautifully written and cleverly plotted. A rich, complex family saga, one deftly woven through a fine legal thriller." -- John Grisham "Rich, rewarding and compelling.... Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." --USA Today "Full of energy...high-spirited and fleet of foot.... This novel...lives on the page.... It's not much of an exaggeration to think that in Stephen Carter the black upper class has found its Dreiser." -- The New York Times Book Review "A remarkable debut novel.... A rare look into the world of wealthy and established black families.... One is at a loss to name another book...that has sought to convey, with such clarity, such depth of understanding or such cultural analysis, the uniqueness of this experience." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "A thrilling entertainment." --Newsday "Rich, rewarding and compelling.... Transports readers into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you've finished it." -- USA Today "A delightful, sprawling, gracefully written, imaginative work, with sharply delineated characters who dwell in a fully realized narrative world." -- New York Review of Books "A dense, dark legal thriller.... Talcott's clear-eyed observations of his peers, both white and black, give Emperor a social conscience that most books of its ilk lack." -- Time "Closely observed, often affecting.... Written with easy authority...nimble...satiric.... Persuasive." -- The New York Times "A thriller as heady as it is hefty.... Using...wry descriptions of place, power and privilege, Carter keeps attitude spinning.... With Emperor , Carter fills the gap between intrigue and intelligence." -- People "Carter writes powerfully about such virtues as love, faith and forgiveness...and offers a strong commentary on race as seen through the relationships between his characters." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "An admirable debut.... Mr. Carter's storytelling skills are impressive." -- Wall Street Journal " The Emperor of Ocean Park is an outstanding work of fiction.... Masterfully developed.... A gripping story." --Newark Sunday Star-Ledger "[Carter] has shed an unblinking eye on an area of race and culture conspicuously absent in popular fiction." -- Miami Herald "A light thriller for the beach; a wicked satire of academic politics; a stinging exposΓ© of the judicial confirmation process; a trenchant analysis of racial progress in America." -- The Christian Science Monitor
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
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 Parkis 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 Parkis both a stunning literary achievement and a grand literary entertainment. From the Trade Paperback edition., 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., NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INSPIRATION FOR THE MGM+ ORIGINAL SERIES * ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * 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. "Beautifully written and cleverly plotted. A rich, complex family saga, one deftly woven through a fine legal thriller." --John Grisham 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., In his fiction debut, Stephen Carter combines a large-scale, riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique family, set in two privileged worlds: the upper-crust African American society of the Eastern seaboard and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school., NATIONAL BESTSELLER - INSPIRATION FOR THE MGM+ ORIGINAL SERIES - ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - 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. "Beautifully written and cleverly plotted. A rich, complex family saga, one deftly woven through a fine legal thriller." --John Grisham 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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PS3603.A78 E4 2002
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