New England White, Stephen L. Carter
New England White, Stephen L. Carter
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New England White

Author: Stephen L. Carter

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Abridged: 7 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/26/2007


Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK, INSPIRATION FOR THE UPCOMING MGM+ ORIGINAL SERIES

Lemaster Carlyle, the president of the country's most prestigious university, and his wife, Julie, the divinity school's deputy dean, are America's most prominent and powerful African American couple. Driving home through a swirling blizzard late one night, the couple skids off the road. Near the sight of their accident they discover a dead body. To her horror, Julia recognizes the body as a prominent academic and one of her former lovers. In the wake of the death, the icy veneer of their town Elm Harbor, a place Julie calls "the heart of whiteness," begins to crack, having devastating consequences for a prominent local family and sending shock waves all the way to the White House.

About The Author

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Felice on May 03, 2018

Still a 5-star read for me! So glad I took the time to re-read this one in my holiday down time, in between writing my own chapters and preparing for this upcoming year of wonderful reads and exciting reviews! The Navi Review | Twitter | Instagram......more

Goodreads review by Jia on October 26, 2007

New England White is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. After I took a wrong turn toward the African-American section and misguidedly thumbed through the ABC’s of Borders’ fiction stacks, I finally made the connection that the newest novel from the widely hailed author of The Emperor of Ocean Park and Yale......more

Goodreads review by Tasha on March 06, 2008

First off, this is a very large book. I wasn't sure I'll be able to get through it but I did. This book is a murder mystery surrounding an African-American president of a university, his wife, her dead ex-lover and a crime that happened over 30 years ago and how they are connected to it. It was a di......more

Goodreads review by Scott on January 22, 2025

Stephen L. Carter's "New England White" is more than a typical murder mystery. If you happened to be one of the fortunate ones to have read Carter's previous novel, "The Emperor of Ocean Park", you'll know what I mean. Carter, an African-American Yale law scholar and professor, hails from the corrid......more

Goodreads review by Yhana on March 11, 2020

He writes, almost it seems, to exercise his expansion of english vocabulary. He wears you down with a overly complex, confusing twist, wearing you down after 550 pages, that is incredibly anticlimactic. I wanted to give this book a higher rating, but it never really went anywhere. EVER.......more


Quotes

Advance Praise for New England White

"In the richness of his characters, both major and minor, and the intelligence of his writing, Carter rivals Scott Turow. Expect another bestseller."
-Publishers Weekly

"[An] irresistible--and highly intelligent--thriller. Carter strikes again."
-Kirkus