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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Much to like: plotting, mystery, prose, characters. I was grateful that the Caucasian chiding didn't fully fulminate until the end. Hope I live long enough to read a black author who doesn't hate me.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Much to like: plotting, mystery, prose, characters. I was grateful that the Caucasian chiding didn't fully fulminate until the end. Hope I live long enough to read a black author who doesn't hate me.”

  tishiejean wrote this review Monday, November 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Well written great characters, a little mystery woven through. Great read.”

  Deb F wrote this review Monday, October 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Outstanding - couldn't put it down. Conspiracy theorists just might be right after all!!! A political thriller spanning decades.”

  Marilyn R wrote this review Sunday, January 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “When I read an outstanding writer whose work is extraordinary i want to shout from the rooftops. Stephen L. Carter's three novels: EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK; NEW ENGLAND WHITE; and now PALICE COUNCIL are loosely linked and challenge the reader to absorb his characters' perspective. He makes this easy by limning them in such stark reality we feel that we know them. The people who populate his work are extremely well educated and monied African Americans who he labels "The Darker Nation." Since he mixes fact with fiction and refers to real people, (Langston Hughes; Richard Nixon;) who were alive during the timeframe he chooses the narrative is very rich. All three of his books lean toward the mystery genre but in no way can they be viewed or read with that label. PALACE COUNCIL is propelled by the world as it turned from the 1950s to the 1970s. Some of what he writes is very hurtful, but those of us who remember those times can only marvel at how he recreates the atmosphere and event. I would recommend reading the books in order since each has such value, but they can be read as stand alones too.”

  BARBARA G wrote this review Sunday, September 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Great book; third in a series. Carter's first was The Emporer of Ocean Park, second was New England White; you should read New England White before the Palace Council - there is a connection. The author admits to some historical chronoligical inconsistencies, but after all it is a novel, although based on factual history in my lifetime, memory and personal involvement- Birmingham, Tuskegee, Viet Nam, boycotts, freedom rides, JFK, MLK and Bobby, northern college students going south from the plantations up south to "save" the southern blacks. Reading this book during the Democratic convention added historical significance and personal emotional involvement.”

  James K wrote this review Thursday, September 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No