New England White

· Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Bahni Turpin
2.0
1 review
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7 hr 39 min
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The author of The Emperor of Ocean Park, with the powers of observation and richness of plot and character, 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. And 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.

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2.0
1 review
Chinee
March 5, 2024
I wish I could give it like more a 2 1/5 stars rating. Just wasn't all that interesting. I kept losing track of all the characters and plot points. The only reason I really finished it is because of Bahni Turpin. She's amazing and can make you want to listen to even convoluted messes like this story. I do think that maybe if I'd bothered to get the unabridged version, maybe that could've made it better for me. oh well...
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Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University, where he has taught since 1982. He is also the author of seven books of nonfiction. He and his family live near New Haven, Connecticut.

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