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Original Title: | The Gold Coast |
ISBN: | 0751531219 (ISBN13: 9780751531213) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | John Sutter #1 |
Characters: | John Sutter, Susan Stanhope Sutter, Frank Bellarosa |
Setting: | New York State(United States) |
Nelson DeMille
Paperback | Pages: 637 pages Rating: 4.08 | 24588 Users | 1366 Reviews
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Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa, the Mafia don who seizes his piece of the staid and unprepared Gold Coast like a latter-day barbarian chief and draws Sutter and his regally beautiful wife, Susan, into his violent world.Told from Sutter's sardonic and often hilarious point of view, and laced with sexual passion and suspense, The Gold Coast is Nelson DeMille's captivating story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal.
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Title | : | Gold Coast (John Sutter #1) |
Author | : | Nelson DeMille |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 637 pages |
Published | : | March 1st 2001 by Time Warner Books UK (first published April 1st 1990) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Mystery |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 24588 Users | 1366 ReviewsColumn Based On Books Gold Coast (John Sutter #1)
John and Susan Sutter have a bad case of the RWPP- Rich White People Problems. John's a Wall Street tax attorney and Susan is a hedge fund silver-spoon-stuck-up-her-ass woman. They live in the Gold Coast, a stretch of land on Long Island where the rich ride horses, sit around the country club, highly gossip and judge others. It's all very Great Gatsby, until Frank "The Bishop" Bellarosa moves in next door. Bellarosa is the Mafia don of the New York family. John, who has been suffering from RWPPOne of my favorites. More of a straight novel than a thriller, but this, along with all of DeMilles books since then, is a model of how to incorporate humor and attitude into your storytelling without diminishing the suspense.
GARBAGE
I both read and did audio(few years later) of this book. It was many years ago-don't know if it will stand the time test...BUT I know I so thoroughly enjoyed both versions. There was a lot of funny ,sarcastic humor in it and a great story. I LOVED IT !!!!
I can't believe I gave up on a Nelson DeMille novel! I read over 100 pages and just couldn't get into it. Nothing was happening! Maybe I can give it another try later...
So disappointing. Maybe a book so hyped is bound to fall flat. But John Sutter is without doubt one of the most annoying characters of any book I've read. His humor got easily tiresome. I couldn't stand one more "capisce" or "mamma mia." (I'm Italian, my family comes from Brooklyn, and not even with 50 of us in one room during the holidays do I hear that many "capisce" and never "mamma mia.") One day Sutter is a Gold Coast snob (I'm from Long Island and his type and his wife's type really exist)
I love all of Nelson Demille's books, but this one is my favorite and, I think, my favorite book by any author. His writing is laugh out loud hilarious and the main character has a dry sense of humor.This book is a cross b/w The Great Gatsby and The Godfather.
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