The emperor of Ocean Park / Stephen L. Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Stephen L., 1954-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American college teachers--Fiction.

African American college teachers.

African American judges.

Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Fiction.

Martha's Vineyard (Mass.).

African American families--Fiction.

African American families.

African American judges--Fiction.

Fathers and sons--Fiction.

Fathers and sons.

Fathers--Death--Fiction.

Fathers.

Fathers--Death.

Law teachers--Fiction.

Law teachers.

Massachusetts--Martha's Vineyard.

Genre:

Fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 657 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage Contemporaries edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 2003.

Summary:

In his fiction debut--a #1 national bestseller--Carter combines a riveting legal thriller with the saga of a unique family, set in two privileged worlds: the upper-crust African-American society of the Eastern seaboard and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school. Includes the first chapter of Carters new hardcover thriller "New England White," on sale in July.

Contents:

Prologue. The Vineyard House

Part I. Nowotny Interference

Part II. Turton Doubling

Part III. Unprovided Flight.

Notes:

Book design by Virginia Tan.

Cover design by Peter Mendelsund.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0375712925

9780375712920

OCLC:

52291773