The Gate House

The Gate House
by Nelson DeMille

The Gate House
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Author: Nelson DeMille
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-28
ISBN: 0446533424
Number of pages: 688
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Book Review: Shaggy Dog Story That Goes No Where
Summary: 2 Stars


First of all, I would like to confirm that this is a funny book, especially in the first third. However, I do believe that the ending is unsatisfying because the story architecture is not really correct.
The main character John Sutter is barely sympathetic with his constant attention to the millions owned by his in laws. Also, most of the book consists of John and his wife Susan waiting to be acted on. The fact that they do not take action themselves seems to be the source of most of the disgust at this book. I personally found that it dragged for that reason.
This was my first read by Nelson DeMille. Though he is funny and I laughed out loud throughout the first third of this book, the middle third and most of the last third really dragged. It was readable but it did not have the narrative pace that I prefer. I felt like it was going no where and I really did not care where it went. Reading about wealthy people is unsympathetic in the utmost. The things they cared about were really repellent. Also, the device of the secret letter was wasted and a mere deux e machina. Not recommended.

Summary of The Gate House

#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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