New England White

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.

Author: Stephen L. Carter
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.16w x 1.05d
ISBN13: 9780375712913
ISBN10: 0375712917
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Legal
- Fiction | African American & Black | Mystery & Detective
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense

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 the author of the best-selling novel The Emperor of Ocean Park, and seven acclaimed nonfiction books, including The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion and Civility: Manner, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy. He and his family live near New Haven, Connecticut.