Reviews for The Emperor of Ocean Park
Review - Emperor of Ocean Park, The
Implausible, slow-moving with a lot of extra stuff, especially about Talcott’s wife cheating on him.
Reviewed by Roger on 2008-08-20 12:43:08
The Emperor of Ocean Parkby Stephen L. Carter | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
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| Pages: | 650 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Date Read: | 03/30/2003 |
| Notes: | Added by Linda. 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. 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. |
| My Rating: | 5 |