- Hardcover: 513 pages
- Publisher: Potter Style; 1 edition (1 July 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0307266583
- ISBN-13: 978-0307266583
- Product Dimensions: 16.3 x 4.4 x 24.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,493,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A fat, delicious, page-turning trifecta.... A family saga, a political tour of several tumultuous American decades and a murder mystery.... Rich and deeply satisfying."
--"The Plain Dealer"
"Page-turning summer reading.... Palace Council gives grim song to the secrets that men keep."
--"Dallas Morning News"
"Mr. Carter's storytelling is underpinned by a masterly evocation of the world of wealthy and accomplished blacks in twentieth-century America."
--"The Wall Street Journal"
"A well-lit showcase for Carter's considerable strengths."
--"The Seattle Times"
"Masterful.... Provides lots more wisdom than most thrillers attempt."
--"San Diego Union-Tribune"
"The twists, turns and double-crosses take place in a number of settings, including Harlem, Washington and parts of Africa and Southeast Asia....Palace Council contains tantalizing hints of conspiracies to come."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"An engrossingly complex political thriller."
--"Daily News"
"Stephen Carter can really write. I loved every page of Palace Council" "and am eager for more."
--Robert B. Parker --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
--"The Plain Dealer"
"Page-turning summer reading.... Palace Council gives grim song to the secrets that men keep."
--"Dallas Morning News"
"Mr. Carter's storytelling is underpinned by a masterly evocation of the world of wealthy and accomplished blacks in twentieth-century America."
--"The Wall Street Journal"
"A well-lit showcase for Carter's considerable strengths."
--"The Seattle Times"
"Masterful.... Provides lots more wisdom than most thrillers attempt."
--"San Diego Union-Tribune"
"The twists, turns and double-crosses take place in a number of settings, including Harlem, Washington and parts of Africa and Southeast Asia....Palace Council contains tantalizing hints of conspiracies to come."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"An engrossingly complex political thriller."
--"Daily News"
"Stephen Carter can really write. I loved every page of Palace Council" "and am eager for more."
--Robert B. Parker --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Literary Review, Jessica Mann
`A brilliant literary thriller, packed with insight, intelligence and ideas. Eye-opening and absorbing: I really couldn't put it down'
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading a third of this book, I nearly gave up. After two-thirds I thought I ought to get to the end. I rather wished I had trusted my first instinct. This story covers decades and attempts to interweave a whole raft of modern American history and politics into some opaque conspiracy. Unfortunately I found whole story rather opaque. Clues and conclusions were obscure and tenuous. Vast tracts of time passed with no action or story development. The lead character wandered through 20 years befuddled while somehow becoming more and more celebrated and influential. I don't know if there was a conspiracy or not - frankly, by the end I didn't care either way.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although the blurb paints this as a political thriller, it's really a potted history of black America/Americans, from the early 50s to the mid-70s, taking in all the momentous events of those times. However, although it is well written and absorbing in places, it ultimately doesn't deliver the huge plot denouement that we are promised will be revealed. I also found it a more than a little unfeasible that the main character would be so deeply, and in many cases personally, involved with so many major political figures of the times. I wouldn't recommend this as a must read but it would be a decent holiday book - it's length alone guarantees that you'll at least have something to pass quite a bit of time!
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Do not be put off by the other reviewer (as at June 2009). This is an intelligent and well written thriller that does not conform to the mainstream stereotypical (pulp) thriller that adorns airport book kiosks. If you want an absorbing read then this book hits the right buttons. Harlem is brought to life wonderfully and the story unfolds over years rather than days, weeks or months which makes a nice change. Some may find the pace at which the novel unfolds too slow and this is true when compared to pulp thrillers but I enjoyed every page. Characters are developed and do not act simply as ciphers for action and plot twists as in many other novels in this genre.
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Published 8 months ago by Lucky Luke
Intriguing thriller with brains... some stamina required
Stephen L. Carter's Palace Council was a fascinating read. As you'll gather from some of the other reviews of this book and the author's other work, it's not for everyone. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Orange Prose
Richly-written, but slow and long
This book falls shy of the standard set in `The Emperor of Ocean Park', which I loved.
The novel spans three decades (50's to 70's) in the US and is filled with the... Read more
The novel spans three decades (50's to 70's) in the US and is filled with the... Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by johnverp
Don't waste your time on this book
Much like another reviewer, I almost gave up on this but was determined to stick it out. I really wish I hadn't. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2009 by Harriet James
doesn't do what it says on the tin, but intriguing all the same
I sympathise with another reviewer here who says that this book is packaged as a big thriller, but doesn't deliver on that promise. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2009 by emma who reads a lot
Not all that
I agree with the 2nd reviewer. The book never got to the bottom of the political plot. I nearly gave up reading after 50/60 pages, but persevered because it was a Richard and Judy... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2009 by P. Hayden
Very clever novel
Palace Council is set over a period of 20 years, between 1952 and 1975, it contains a mix of fictional characters and recognisable political characters and events from that period. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2009 by BookBliss
Disappointing
The author has a nice style but this book is let down by the storyline and the expectations set by the back cover and the book's advertising. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2009 by M. Brookes
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