About this title: In a tale that is both a sequel to "The Gold Coast" as well as a suspenseful stand-alone work, acclaimed author DeMille returns to that fabled spot on the North Shore--a place where past, present, and future collide with often unexpected results.Grand Central Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sphere
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781847441171ISBN:1847441173
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Publisher: Sphere
Date Published: 2009
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Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780751543490ISBN:0751543497
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 688 pages. No. 1 new york times bestselling author nelson demille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel the gold coast. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446533423ISBN:0446533424
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"First of all, I am not author-bashing. I have read a couple of other Nelson DeMille novels that I thoroughly enjoyed. When The Gate House first came out, I had not yet read The Gold Coast, prequel to this book, so I read the earlier book first. Although I didn't really like The Gold Coast, I read this novel anyway, and in retrospect, that was a mistake. Without giving too much away (there is very little to give away and I don't want to spoil what few surprises there are), both books are about a lawyer who lives on the Gold Coast with his heiress wife, and both get a little too close to their Mafia neighbors. I think the second book was even worse than The Gold Coast. It seems that most of this book was spent repeating details from the first book, seemingly endlessly, and for an almost 700-page book, there was remarkably little plot. I think if one were to take out all the repeats of, and references to, earlier actions, the book would be about 50 pages. The main character, John Sutter, is not very likable. His sarcasm, vulgarities, and obsessions got old fast. And while I can appreciate an unlikable character, he must be interesting. John Sutter was not."
"John Sutter returns from London where he went after his former wife, Susan, killed her Mafia don lover, Frank Bellarosa. Now he's back in the Gold Coast of Long Island. He's there for a funeral of a friend and former family employee. Anthony Bellarosa shows up in Sutter's home and offers him a job. Sutter sees his former wife and believes that Bellarosa might want revenge on her for killing his father. Sutter and Susan become intimate and agree to remarry. When Anthony finds out about this he is furious and threatens Susan and tells Sutter that he is not above fallout either. Many of DeMille's novels have been outstanding, particularly "The Charm School," "Plum Island," and "Lion's Gate." However this novel is a drop off. Pages upon pages where nothing happens. Sutter has witt and his dialogue is excellent but the plot, simply is a bore. It was a struggle to get through and I wouldn't recommend it."
"A slow read and a disappointment. I agree with previous reviewers who cite the repetition, slow-moving story, and less than exciting writing style. I was glad to have selected the large print version - it made reading this book a little easier. Thought about abandoning it more than once, but I don't usually quit a book once I've started, so slogged on. No way will the reader forget that Susan shot Frank. If you do, DeMille will remind you again in the next chapter. This book needed a better editor to remove some of the constant repetition of what happened in The Gold Coast, as well as some of the references to Susan's parents. They just got boring after a while. The last few chapters were some of the best in the book, but it takes perseverance to get there. Maybe this book should have been titled Ethel's Revenge, since she surely got it in the end, for herself as well as John's family."
"So I'm a pretty big Nelson DeMille fan, but I haven't read any of his "Edith Wharton" social satire stuff before. It's pretty good, but I am more of a fan of his military/Vietnam war stuff. The Gate House is by a Nelson DeMille I don't know as well, although it's a sequel and it's good enough that I want to go back and read the first book, The Gold Coast.
Also, I'm still in the first year of my "a book a week for a year," and I'm up to something like 55 or 56 books, so I guess I'm getting ahead for Year Two. Also an aside, this is a one of two books I took off of my recently deceased mother's book shelf (the other being the Baldacci I wrote of last week), so this is, I guess, the last book she'll give to me. She'd always read things and pass them on, bless her hear, and DeMille and Baldacci were both writers she introduced me to (and made me a fan of)
Gate House follows John Sutter and his return to the Gold Coast of Long Island, the enclave of uber rich who still live on hundreds of acre estates with grand houses and staff. It's largely a gone world, and John has returned because of the impending death of Ethel, a family retainer of her ex-wife, Susan. Ethel took John in after his divorce, and he has (and as the novel begins) is staying in the gate house, a small cottage on the property formerly owned by Susan's family (the three hundred acre estate has been sold, although Susan still owns "the guest house," which, by modern standards, is a manion.
John left the country for a sail around the world after Susan, who had been having an affair with a Mafia don, shot and killed her lover. John and Susan had, to John's mind, a happy marriage prior to the affair, and the affair and subsequent murder had shattered whatever bond he felt with Susan. However, due to misconduct and some incompetence on the FBI's part, Susan had gotten "a pass," literally getting away with murder. The fact that she is a Stanhope, one of the richest old families of Long Island, probably helped her cause, too.
Ultimately, John must face the past he fled. The mafia don's son, Anthony, wants some measure of satisfaction for his father's death, John must face what he lost when he chose to leave his life behind and the dying Ethel holds a six decades old secret that still has power in the present day."
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