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The emperor of Ocean Park (sound recording)

[This novel] 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.

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  • "Emperor of Ocean Park"

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  • "[This novel] 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."@en
  • "The complex story of the family of a prominent judge with links to crime. The novel is set amongst the African American society of the eastern seaboard and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school."
  • "[This novel] 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 ... Intricate, superbly written, often scathingly funny, [the novel] 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.-Dust jacket."
  • "Judge Garland was once nominated for the Supreme Court, but it collapsed in scandal, becoming a private agony from which the judge never recovered. But now the judge's death raises even more questions that lead to another scandal. He has left a strange message for his son, who will risk everything to determine whether his father was murdered and and for what reason."@en
  • "Unabridged."@en
  • "Tells the story of a complex family with a single, seductive link to the shadowlands of crime."
  • "Tells the story of a complex family with a single, seductive link to the shadowlands of crime."@en
  • "Set in the era of the Nixon and Reagan presidencies, this novel examines the American conscience while inviting us into the glittering world of the East Coast legal community. Carter's book follows black Ivy League law professor Talcott Garland as he investigates the death of his father, Judge Oliver Garland, the eponymous Emperor. When Judge Garland received a Supreme Court nomination, a nationally televised humiliation forced his withdrawal, a scandal from which he never recovered. Now his sudden death hints at an even more terrible scandal that links this privileged Martha's Vineyard family to the shadowlands of crime. To follow the clues left by his father, Tal risks everything, and uncovers a tapestry of ambition, family secrets, and justice gone terribly wrong."@en
  • "Judge Oliver Garland has just died - or was he murdered? His son, Tal, left with cryptic last words, must unravel his father's life in order to solve the puzzle of his death. Unaccustomed to being a man of action, Tal must risk his career, his marriage, and even his life to follow the clues. A story of integrity tested and justice gone wrong."
  • "The sudden death of a judge raises questions of a terrible scandal and possible murder, and his son attempts to discover the truth, though it risks everything he has."
  • "The sudden death of a black former Supreme Court nominee leads to a murder investigation set in an upper-crust East Coast legal community."
  • "Judge Oliver Garland has just died - or was he murdered? His son, Tal, left with Oliver's cryptic last words, must unravel his father's life in order to solve the puzzle of his death. Unaccustomed to being a man of action, Tal must risk his career, his marriage, and even his life to follow the clues."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Domestic fiction"
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  • "The emperor of Ocean Park a novel"@en
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