Palace council

In the summer of 1952, twenty prominent men gather at a secret meeting on Martha's Vineyard and devise a plot to manipulate the President of the United States. Soon after, the body of one of these men is found by Eddie Wesley, Harlem's rising literary star. When Eddie's younger sister mysteriously d...

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Main Author: Carter, Stephen L., 1954-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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