Stephen L. Carter: The Christian as contrarian

From: The Virginia Quarterly Review | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Stephen L. Carter's The Emperor of Ocean Park was the publishing phenomenon of 2002. The $4.2 million advance Carter received from Alfred A. Knopf, joined with the $1 million advance he got from Jonathan Cape (the largest ever given to a first-time novelist by a British publisher) and his seven-figure deal with Warner Brothers, was vindicated commercially by the book's sales. Knopf set an initial press run of 275,000, then raised it to 500,000 when legal-thriller maestro John Grisham made Emperor the first selection of the "Today" show book club. Emperor stood high on The New York Times list ...

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