by Stephen L. Carter · Jonathan Cape Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780224063838
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«The Emperor of Ocean Park» is the mystery and legal thriller novel by Stephen L. Carter, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd in paperback (672 pages, in English).
After the funeral of his father, a federal judge whose Supreme Court nomination ended in scandal, law professor Talcott Garland receives a cryptic note entrusting him with some «arrangements». His investigation takes him through the circles of power in Washington D.C., among lawyers, officials, the FBI and underworld figures, while he tries to protect his wife's judicial career and sustain his marriage.
It is the author's first novel and opens the Elm Harbor saga. It won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 2003.
For readers of legal thrillers with family and political intrigue, like those by John Grisham, who appreciate lengthy novels.
Stephen Lisle Carter is an American legal scholar who serves as the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He writes on legal and social issues.
