by Stephen L. Carter · Alfred a Knopf Inc · tapa dura · ISBN 9780375413636
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«The Emperor of Ocean Park» is the legal mystery and suspense novel by Stephen L. Carter, published by Alfred A. Knopf in hardcover (672 pages, in English).
Set between the high-society African American community summering on Martha's Vineyard and the circle of an Ivy League law school. After the death of Judge Oliver Garland, a conservative and controversial jurist, his son Talcott, a law professor, inherits a cryptic message and certain «dispositions» that trigger an investigation into family secrets, with his career and life at stake.
First installment of the Elm Harbor series. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 2003.
Recommended for readers of legal thrillers and suspense novels with social and academic undertones.
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.
