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more-books.com - The Gate House
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Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446533423
ISBN: 0446533424
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 688
Publication Date: 2008-10-28
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date: 2008-10-28
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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Editorial Reviews:
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast.
When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan who has also returned to Long Island. But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions: Drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer--Susan Sutter. At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces and old passions begin to reignite, and John finds himself pulled deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal. In THE GATE HOUSE, acclaimed author Nelson Demille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore -- a place where past, present, and future collides with often unexpected results.
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Summary: Where is Scott Brick ?
Comment: Nelson, what happened to Scott Brick reading your works?
Shame on you! This new guy is very disapointing!
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Summary: If DeMille were a 1st time author, this would never have been published
Comment: I have read most if not all of DeMille's books. This one goes on forever with little or no point. The characters are mostly forgettable and the plot is almost non-existent. As a 200 page book this might have been an enjoyable escape. But, as an almost 700 page book, it is interminable.
I cannot remember ever being so disappointed by a favorite author.
I learned a lesson: even with an author you love, read Amazon.com reviews before ordering!
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Summary: "Wide is the gate, and broad is the road, that leadeth to destruction."
Comment:
De Mille's novel is an ambitious venture into the lives of the uber-riche (and the requisite hangers-on) post-9/11 New York's Gold Coast, "colonial era villages and hamlets on the North Shore of Long Island's Nassau County". No longer the moneyed enclave of American aristocracy, the more recent additions to the blue bloods include a Mafia family and an Iranian expatriate. The once grand and massive Stanhope Estate has been compromised by time and expedience, as related by John Sutter, long-divorced from the stunning Susan Stanhope Sutter, who killed her lover, Frank Bellarosa, a Mafia don, but managed to elude the criminal justice system. After a voyage around the world, a few affairs to heal his broken heart and much self-examination, Sutter has returned to the Gatehouse, awaiting the imminent demise of a family retainer who has inhabited the dwelling, the cottage forfeit upon her death.
Besides the recent arrival of John Sutter, Susan has also returned to the scene of the crime, purchasing the guest house from its former owners. It is inevitable that the ex-spouses will meet, the author prepping the confrontation with Sutter's retelling of the circumstances that brought about the notorious murder and the divorce. With reduced financial means, tax attorney Sutter has no fixed plans, seeming to drift into situations that are both dangerous and untenable, particularly the overtures of Bellarosa's son and heir to the family business, Anthony. Sutter is worried that Anthony may not have a forgiving heart. And Anthony pressures Sutter to accept a business arrangement that doesn't bode well for the two men's relationship. The problem: John doesn't want a relationship, business or otherwise, but is concerned for Susan's safety at the hands of a vengeful Bellarosa scion.
Then there is Amir Nasim, the current owner of the Stanhope Estate and an expatriate, a courtly gentleman who harbors concerns over personal security after being forced to flee Iran. Even Bellarosa has suffered a spectacular demotion in this tongue-in-cheek drama, residing in an upscale subdivision modeled on the luxurious Stanhope mansion his father once owned- until the RICO Act stripped the mobster of dignity and possessions. But all this is inconsequential, considering Bellarosa senior's death at the hands of his lover, Susan Stanhope Sutter. Add in an assortment of characters, an attractive woman whose mother is dying, Bellarosa's wise guys and the usual rich folks who claim this landscape as their own. Shake and stir for a long-winded tale of the rich and infamous that may have passed its expiration date. This traditional sweeping novel of the foibles of strangers hasn't quite the appeal of years past, when publicity followed outrageous behavior with rapt attention. Luan Gaines/ 2008.
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Summary: Fair and not the best of DeMille
Comment: The story holds your interest, however it takes far too long to come to a fairly predictable conclusion.
Joe Panza
Col USAF (Ret)
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Summary: Put me to sleep
Comment: I have always enjoyed DeMille's books for my cross country drive. This one was to be 19 hours of listening pleasure. The reader put me to sleep! The story seems fine (only 1/2 way through the first disk), but will have to keep for shorter drives. Not something I can listen to on the highway at 70 mph!
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