When "The Emperor of Ocean Park" was published, the "Observer" declared: "The book is superb, both as a thriller and as a novel of social observation." Now, with that same astute social observation, narrative drive, and richness of plot and character, Stephen Carter returns us to the New England university town of Elm Harbor where the murder of a renowned African-American economist opens a door on the racial complications of the town's past, on one family's secrets, and on the most hidden and powerful bastions of African-American political influence. At the centre are Lemaster and Julia Carlyle. He is president of the university, she is a dean at the divinity school - African-Americans living in 'the heart of whiteness'. Lemaster's connections lead to the President of the United States, his old college room-mate. Julia is connected to the dead man, Kellen Zant, her lover before she met Lemaster. The meeting point of these connections - a murder committed and covered up in Elm Harbor thirty years ago, and the shocking plans carried out by a fraternity of the 'darker nation' - forms the core of a mystery that deepens even as Julia, guided by clues left her by Zant, closes in on the politically earth-shattering motive behind his murder. Suspenseful from first to last, galvanising 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.
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Hardback Editions
July 2007 : Hardback
| Title: New England White Author(s): Stephen L. Carter ISBN: 0-224-06289-1 / 978-0-224-06289-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2007 : Hardback
| Title: New England White: A Novel Author(s): Stephen L. Carter ISBN: 0-375-41362-6 / 978-0-375-41362-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2008 : Paperback
| Title: New England White Author(s): Stephen L. Carter ISBN: 0-09-943746-5 / 978-0-09-943746-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2008 : Paperback
| Title: New England White (Vintage Contemporaries) Author(s): Stephen L. Carter ISBN: 0-375-71291-7 / 978-0-375-71291-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2007 : Paperback
| Title: New England White Author(s): Stephen L. Carter ISBN: 0-224-08094-6 / 978-0-224-08094-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
July 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: New England White Author(s): Stephen L. Carter ISBN: 1-4159-3902-0 / 978-1-4159-3902-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape Availability: Amazon More details... |
June 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: New England White Author(s): Stephen L. Carter ISBN: 0-7393-4338-6 / 978-0-7393-4338-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2007 : Audio Cassette
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Other Editions
June 2007 : Kindle edition
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