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"...THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK turns out to be two very different stories. The family drama is a closely observed, often affecting portrait of the Garland clan, an elite, socially prominent black family with a secret history that will come to haunt its youngest son. The thriller is a contrived, implausible and needlessly baroque melodrama, which reads as if it were written for serial publication, with nearly every chapter ending on a hokey cliffhanger...."Stephen L. Carter is the author of 'The Emperor of Ocean Park', published 2007 under ISBN 9780739343746 and ISBN 0739343742.
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