The Emperor of Ocean Park - Rilegato

Carter, Stephen L.

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ISBN 10: 0375431659 ISBN 13: 9780375431654

Casa editrice: Random House Large Print, 2002

Riassunto

After the death of his father, the accomplished, flamboyant, and controversial Judge Oliver Garland, his son Talcott, a law professor, must unravel the truth about his father's life, a quest that brings him face to face with old scandals, family secrets, and justice gone wrong. By the author of The Culture of Disbelief. A first novel. (General Fiction)

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"Among the most remarkable fiction debuts in recent years...[The Emperor of Ocean Park] is full of musing about God, family, chess, the politics of Supreme Court appointments, loyalty, unhappy marriage, the media, depression, race, and academic infighting...[Carter] is a scholar and a lawyerly commentator who has penned a rip-roaring entertainment."
–Boston Globe

"The year's hottest summer read and a surefire bestseller...Carter does for members of the contemporary black upper-class what Henry James did for Washington Square society, taking us into their drawing rooms and laying their motives bare...However The Emperor of Ocean Park is categorized, beach reading doesn't get any better than this."
–Time Out New York

"The Emperor of Ocean Park is a delightful, sprawling, gracefully written, imaginative work, with sharply delineated characters who dwell in a fully realized narrative world...Carter deserves comparison with such successful practitioners of the crime novel as Scott Turow."
–The New York Review of Books

"The Emperor of Ocean Park is an intricately plotted work...a novel that is both thriller and commentary on American racial relations."
–Dan Cryer, Newsday

"[A] complex literary thriller. Carter deftly weaves together several strands, from the relationships of father and sons and husbands and wives to the politics of the Nixon and Reagan eras."
–Bookpage

"The Emperor of Ocean Park is no ordinary fiction debut...Carter has produced a thoroughly original mystery-thriller...that also explores the brave terrains of race, family, power, paranoia, and the law...If I may join the hype, The Emperor of Ocean Park rules."
–Book Street USA

"[A] fiercely intelligent and original work...Carter explores an astounding variety of subjects with the depth and delicacy."
–The Miami Herald

"[The Emperor of Ocean Park] is one of the hottest items of the summer, one of the most discussed books of the year. It provides insight into the world of the African-American haute bourgeoisie...and does so with a sophistication and elegance of language that makes much of it a joy to read."
–The Globe and Mail

"Yes, this combination mystery/social commentary/thoughtful introspection is long. But the characters are masterfully developed, and its gripping story, elegant writing and skillful illumination of a segment of society that has been notably absent from popular fiction more than justify its 657 pages. The Emperor of Ocean Park is an outstanding work of fiction worth every penny...If you read only one book this summer, make sure it's this one."
–The Sunday Star-Ledger

"Stephen L. Carter's debut novel, "The Emperor of Ocean Park," is a marvel: a deeply satisfying thriller that is as careful with character as it is with conspiracy...This is an exhilarating summer read that will be remembered long after the season is over."
–Contra Costa Times

"Poised to become the biggest book of the summer."
–Entertainment Weekly

"This reader hasn't inhaled a novel so rich, rewarding and compelling since Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full. Like Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent it transports the reader into a different world and creates characters that resonate long after you finish it...The mystery aspects had me reading the book at stop signs while driving."
–Deirdre Donahue, USA Today


"More le Carré than Grisham . . . a vivid, twisty puzzle of deceit and social commentary."
–V.R. Peterson, People

"The Emperor of Ocean Park is, in a word, a humdinger."
–Fortune

"This first-rate legal thriller, which touches electrically on our sexual, racial and religious anxieties, will be the talk of the political in-crowd this summer."
–Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Fascinating. . . . [A] suspenseful tale of ambition, revenge, and the power of familial obligations. . . . An elegantly nuanced novel, with finely drawn characters, a challenging plot, and perfect pacing."
–Booklist

"A novel of great originality and insight: a saga of an African-American family of affluence and privilege forced to reckon with their misadventures and crimes. But Carter's novel also explores, perhaps for the first time in recent memory, a less familiar vision of the black experience in America: one of pride and optimism, and possibility. I've never read a book quite like it, and I enjoyed it very much indeed."
–Gay Talese

"This sleek, immensely readable first novel is custom-designed for the kind of commercial success enjoyed by John Grisham's The Firm 11 years ago. . . . With great skill, Carter builds toward a series of climaxes that explode over the final 150 pages. Few readers will refrain from racing excitedly through them. A melodrama with brains and heart to match its killer plot. . . . Irresistible."
–Kirkus

L'autore:

Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University, where he has taught since 1982. He is the author of seven acclaimed nonfiction books, including The Culture of Disbelief and Civility. He lives with his wife and children near New Haven, Connecticut.

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• Editore: Random House Large Print
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375431659
• ISBN 13: 9780375431654
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1133