New England White - Hardcover

Carter, Stephen L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375413626 ISBN 13: 9780375413629

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2007

Synopsis

The eagerly awaited, electrifying new novel from the author of The Emperor of Ocean Park (“Among the most remarkable fiction debuts in recent years . . . A rip-roaring entertainment”—The Boston Globe).

When The Emperor of Ocean Park was published, Time Out declared: “Carter does for members of the contemporary black upper class what Henry James did for Washington Square society, taking us into their drawing rooms and laying their motives bare.” Now, with the same powers of observation, and the same richness of plot and character, Stephen L. Carter returns to the New England university town of Elm Harbor, where a murder begins to crack the veneer that has hidden the racial complications of the town’s past, the secrets of a prominent family, and the most hidden bastions of African-American political influence.

At the center: Lemaster Carlyle, the university president, and his wife, Julia Carlyle, a deputy dean at the divinity school—African Americans living in “the heart of whiteness.” Lemaster is an old friend of the president of the United States. Julia was the murdered man’s lover years ago. The meeting point of these connections forms the core of a mystery that deepens even as Julia closes in on the politically earth-shattering motive behind the murder.

Relentlessly suspenseful, galvanizing in its exploration of the profound difference between allegiance to ideas and to people, New England White is a resounding confirmation of Stephen Carter’s gifts as a writer of fiction.

About this title

Review:

"My ideal literary thriller. Not only genuinely exciting, it is bursting with ideas and insights" (Daily Mail)

"Absorbing and beautifully written" (Daily Telegraph)

"A shivers-down-your-spine mystery...The book crackles with depictions of campus politics and strained relations between black and white America" (Financial Times)

"A very rare thing indeed: an intellectually stimulating thriller by a writer who is as concerned with an exploration of character and motive as he is in ending each of his short mini-chapters with a cliffhanger" (Irish Times)

Book Description:

The highly anticipated second novel from acclaimed writer Stephen Carter - as provocative, intelligent and suspenseful as The Emperor of Ocean Park.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0375413626
• ISBN 13: 9780375413629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 555