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The Emperor of Ocean Park
by Carter, Stephen L. **SIGNED**
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375413634
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413636
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2002. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. June, 2002. Book is set in the upper crust African American society of the eastern seaboard and an Ivy League law school. It tells the story of a family with a single, link to criminal activity. 657 pp. Book has slightly rubbed spine ends, ow as new. Unclipped DJ has light edge/shelf wear. Book weighs 1 Kilo and may require extra shipping. FlatSIGNED and dated 6/23/02 by author in black ink. Bookseller's Inventory # 081951.
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
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001951
- Title
- The Emperor of Ocean Park
- Author
- Carter, Stephen L. **SIGNED**
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375413634
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413636
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE TEACHERS - FICTION. MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MASS.) - FICTION. AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES - FICTION. AFRICAN AMERICAN JUDGES - FICTION. FATHERS AND SONS - FICTION. FATHERS - DEATH - FICTION. LAW TEACHERS - FICTION.
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Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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