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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108505.The_Emperor_of_Ocean_Park?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Emperor of Ocean Park" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1171584950m/108505.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108505.The_Emperor_of_Ocean_Park?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Emperor of Ocean Park</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43656.Stephen_L_Carter">Stephen L. Carter</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19622493?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>This is probably 4 1/2 stars. An excellent foray into the world of fiction by an African-American law professor at an Ivy League School. Provides a glimpse of what it's like to be a brilliant African American in an accomplished family, in a society that is still somewhat polarized by race. The novel also explores intra-faculty rivalries at elite schools, and the problems that can arise when one member of the faculty is not quite willing to always "toe the party line". <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1055608?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>