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THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK
by Carter, Stephen L
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375413634
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413636
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Carter's first novel is set in two worlds of privilege -- the upper crust African-American society of the U.S. east coast and the inner circle faculty of an Ivy League law school. A young African-American law professor attempts to learn the meaning of the chess-related clues left by his father, a judge and former Supreme Court nominee, who has died suddenly and who may have been murdered. The clues unlock previously unknown areas of the Judge's life and career but seemingly result in two more deaths and put the son and his family in mortal danger. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; the dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear. This is a large 657-page work and may require additional postage.
Synopsis
An extraordinary fiction debut: a large, stirring novel of suspense that is, at the same time, a work of brilliantly astute social observation. The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the eastern seaboard--old families who summer on Martha's Vineyard--and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school. It tells the story of a complex family with a single, seductive link to the shadowlands of crime.The Emperor of the title, Judge Oliver Garland, has just died, suddenly. A brilliant legal mind, conservative and famously controversial, Judge Garland made more enemies than friends. Many years before, he'd earned a judge's highest prize: a Supreme Court nomination. But in a scene of bitter humiliation, televised across the country, his nomination collapsed in scandal. The humbling defeat became a private agony, one from which he never recovered. But now the Judge's death raises even more questions--and it seems to be leading to a second, even more terrible scandal. Could Oliver Garland have been murdered? He has left a strange message for his son Talcott, a professor of law at a great university, entrusting him with "the arrangements"--a mysterious puzzle that only Tal can unlock, and only by unearthing the ambiguities of his father's past. When another man is found dead, and then another, Talcott--wry, straight-arrow, almost too self-aware to be a man of action--must risk his career, his marriage, and even his life, following the clues his father left him.Intricate, superbly written, often scathingly funny, The Emperor of Ocean Park is a triumphant work of fiction, packed with character and incident--a brilliantly crafted tapestry of ambition, family secrets, murder, integrity tested, and justice gone terribly wrong.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003922
- Title
- THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK
- Author
- Carter, Stephen L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0375413634
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413636
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, CHESS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, SUSPENSE, AMATEUR SLEUTH, LEGAL THRILLER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Suspense; African American;
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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