Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    The Gold Coast
    Unavailable
    The Gold Coast
    Unavailable
    The Gold Coast
    Audiobook21 hours

    The Gold Coast

    Written by Nelson DeMille

    Narrated by Christian Rummel

    4/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateOct 28, 2008
    ISBN9781600245114
    Unavailable
    The Gold Coast
    Author

    Nelson DeMille

    Nelson DeMille is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His novels include The Maze, The Deserter (written with Alex DeMille), The Cuban Affair, Word of Honor, Plum Island, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, and The General’s Daughter, which was made into a major motion picture, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. He has written short stories, book reviews, and articles for magazines and newspapers. Nelson DeMille is a combat-decorated US Army veteran, a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild, and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. He lives on Long Island with his family.

    More audiobooks from Nelson De Mille

    Related to The Gold Coast

    Related audiobooks

    Thrillers For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      This Month In History

      Oct 26, 2023

      This Month In History
      2 min read

    • Article

      Editorial

      Sep 23, 2022

      “… all the columns were levelled with the ground by the frequent strokes of the battering-ram … whilst the sword gleamed, and the flames crackled around them on every side. Lamentable to behold, in the midst of the streets lay the tops of lofty tower

      1 min read

    • Article

      Ruthless Landscapes

      Apr 1, 2018

      Ruthless Landscapes
      9 min read

    • Article

      Correcting History: On C Pam Zhang’s ‘How Much of These Hills Is Gold’

      Sep 23, 2020

      We need many more novels like this one: novels that breathe life into people who have gone unseen too long. The post Correcting History: On C Pam Zhang’s ‘How Much of These Hills Is Gold’ appeared first on The Millions.

      6 min read

    • Article

      Docos Deep Dive

      Jun 24, 2021

      Docos Deep Dive
      2 min read

    • Article

      How A Nation Desperate For Wealth Fell Prey To ‘Gold Fever’

      May 12, 2021

      Brian Castner deftly recounts the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush in vivid detail, pointing out that many would-be prospectors came totally unprepared.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Silver Dollar Jim

      Jan 1, 2023

      Silver Dollar Jim
      2 min read

    • Article

      Welcome

      Jun 17, 2021

      Welcome
      1 min read

    • Article

      Great Reads

      Aug 9, 2023

      By Stef Penney In Paris in 1870, three wandering souls find themselves in a city set to descend into war. Anne is a former patient from a women’s asylum trying to carve out a new life for herself in a world that doesn’t understand her. Newcomer Lawre

      2 min read

    • Article

      It’s Showtime!

      Jul 4, 2021

      It’s Showtime!
      1 min read

    • Article

      'On Desperate Ground' Chronicles The Amazing Voyage Of The US Marines During The Korean War

      Oct 18, 2018

      Hampton Sides' book is a towering tale of official ineptitude and battlefield fortitude that plays out against the backdrop of American's most forgotten modern war.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Sarah Island

      Aug 30, 2023

      Sarah Island
      2 min read

    • Article

      Must See, Must Read

      Aug 31, 2021

      Must See, Must Read
      11 min read

    • Article

      A Grave legacy

      Oct 26, 2021

      A Grave legacy
      10 min read

    • Article

      Affairs Of Honour

      Nov 27, 2023

      Affairs Of Honour
      5 min read

    • Article

      In Brief

      Jan 1, 2020

      A CONTROVERSIAL statue of a US historical figure may be replaced by none other than beloved musical genius, Dolly Parton. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a confederate soldier and former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, inexplicably has been memorialised in a sta

      2 min read

    • Article

      Trouble in Zion

      Nov 8, 2022

      Trouble in Zion
      11 min read

    • Article

      Must See, Must Read

      Mar 1, 2022

      Must See, Must Read
      14 min read

    • Article

      The Klondike!

      May 23, 2023

      The Klondike!
      10 min read

    • Article

      The Monmouth Rebellion

      May 12, 2022

      The Monmouth Rebellion
      6 min read

    • Article

      Acting The Ass

      Mar 26, 2023

      Acting The Ass
      2 min read

    • Article

      Old Friends

      May 1, 2020

      The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald In the summer of 1922, Nick Carraway arrives in the affluent fictional village of West Egg on Long Island and moves next door to an eccentric millionaire named Jay Gatsby. At first, Nick is drawn to Gatsby’s gl

      1 min read

    • Article

      Autumn Book Reviews

      Jun 11, 2021

      by Sandi Scaunich Published by Transit Lounge Publishing ISBN 9781925760590 $29.99 A microcosmic story, set in Melbourne’s outer suburbia during the early 1990s recession memorably described as the one ‘we had to have.’ Joseph, a teenage refugee from

      4 min read

    Reviews for The Gold Coast

    4/5

    510 ratings14 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 2/5
      A more pompous jerk such as John Sutter has not graced many books. John has all the pluses of life-wealthy wife, prestigious job, community status; but that is not enough. John and his wife, having expended all their sexual fantasies, turn to the head of the Mafia, Frank Bellarosa, for more excitement. Nelson DeMille plants exotic sexual scenes throughout the novel that could have been omitted. The passion between Frank and Susan, explains Susan, is a meeting of the minds and not the bodies. Such extremes in one book. John loses his ganache and becomes a raging lunatic who insults family and friends. The book runs on and on and gets nowhere with John's disillusionment with life and work. Maybe men enjoy this type of novel, I did not.
    • 5/5
      This was the first novel that I read by Nelson DeMille and, several novels later, I think it's his best. This tale of the clash of cultures among the uber-rich on Long Island's North Shore (the so-called Gold Coast) has all of the ingredients that you need for a high-octane soap opera: infidelity, the Mafia, a fading American aristocracy, pulse-quickening drama, and laugh-out-loud humor (or at least some audible snickers). It isn't great literature but it doesn't pretend to be. As mass-market fiction it's at the top of its class.
    • 3/5
      loved this book before, am re-reading it for our Book Club. We decided we wanted something a little different this month and we all like DeMille.**finished it, still a very enjoyable read, will likely read again!
    • 4/5
      This is a very subtle book. Told in the first person, DeMille's protagonist draws conclusions from what looks at first like very little evidence, but explanations later in the book always had me nodding my head and agreeing that it all makes perfect sense when you put it that way. In the hands of a less-skilled author, I would have found this very technique very annoying, but DeMille made it all work very well. I was very impressed.Add to that overall good writing, including a narrator who tells his story in a very likable chatty voice (even if said narrator isn't himself always a likable character), a really interesting take on the Mafia, and a story that has some interesting twists and turns, and it all comes out to quite a good book.
    • 3/5
      I received a free copy at the LA Book Expo several months ago. This is the second Nelson Demille book I read. Godfather meets the Great Gatsby.The characters were certainly interesting, but often defied belief. The relationship between the main character and his wife was especially difficult to fathom.The writing is quick paced and intriquing.
    • 3/5
      John Sutter, a Long Island/Wall Street attorney who specializes in taxes and real estate transactions, is troubled to discover the estate next to his has been purchased by mafia don Frank Bellarosa, head of the the largest crime family in New York. Inexplicably, John and his wife Susan (whose parents own the 200-acre estate they live on) are drawn to Frank. Thus begins the ride of their lives.This book has everything, I think - love and hate, sex and violence, and lots of money. John begins questioning everything he believes. We are presented with conflicting evidence regarding Frank - is he evil incarnate, or a nice guy who's gotten a bad rap? As John's life begins to fall apart around him, his new buddy Frank is on hand help out. Of course, now John owes Frank a favor. And so it goes.DeMille is one of my favorite authors. My only complaint about several of his books is his tendency to drone on about mid-life/mortality issues. This book has plenty of that. I "read" this book on audio and was not able to skim over the dull parts. I don't know how many pages the print editions have, but the audio version consists of 19 hour-long CD's. The first half of the book was interesting, as we got acquainted with all the characters and things began happening. By disk #15, though, I was tired of John's whining, Susan's selfishness, and Frank's bullying. The last quarter of the book picked up a little, but the end was still too long coming.This book had been recomended as one of DeMille's very best, and it is well-written. I think it could be improved with some editing of the seemingly endless scenes of John's introspectiion. There is not as much action as in some of DeMille's other books, but that is a personal preference. I think any fan of DeMille and similar authors will want to read this. I guess my expectations were too high, but I was disappointed by this one.
    • 4/5
      Not bad, but not great. Hailed by many as his best, which is why it will probably be my last DeMille. An excellent writer, I just don't get into his story lines.
    • 4/5
      DeMille's best, or so they say, and a great book--but not one of my all time favorites. Very clever and sarcastic, I felt like John Corey was in that book...must be the author? Demille is a great storyteller. Well researched and set on Long Island's Gold coast -- everyone in America is expected to understand that, right? Never been there, never wanted to go; but, the book piqued my interest. It was a bit heavy on the Italian. Great characters--the manipulating mafiosi, the mid-life crisis lawyer and his strange wife. The Great Gatsby meets The Godfather!
    • 2/5
      This was a book club read that was selected on very short notice. Our group had been reading a number of "heavy" books in a row and decided that a last minute change in selections was necessary. This book was selected for its (sarcastic) humor and its easy/quick read nature.

      While I believe it met all of our impromptu requirements and while our group of 10-12 were divided among those who liked and didn't liked, I don't foresee myself picking up another DeMille book any time soon. The author, in the foreword included in my edition, stated his intention with this book to be The Godfather meets The Great Gatsby. The attempt is obvious, the success not so much.
    • 5/5
      On second read and more than ten years since the first, my impression of this story has improved. Layers of complexity are more recognizable. It's not simply a tragedy of three characters, but the under current is the erosion of all the life styles, cultures represented. Having grown up in the area (Centre Island, Oyster Bay), I have first hand memories of the locales, but more importantly, the types of people being depicted. The WASPs of the Creek Club and Seawanhaka Yacht Club, are real and still there, but in smaller numbers, and the Italians are as well - perhaps in larger numbers, but hardly distinguishable as a separate culture today among the tony villages of the area. They too own "mini-mansions" on the gold coast as do their Episcopalain (and Persian and Jewish) neighbors. A ten acre estate - let alone two hundred acres - is a distant memory known only in movies, and archives from the times - or in the ruins very well described in this book.There are many references to Roman antiquity - Caesars. Perhaps the most telling is the realization that the people - while loving and revering Caesar (Bellarosa), envied and despised him - leading to his demise. In the Gold Coast, his demise is similarly depicted - first an attempt by his "people" (Mafia), and finally done in by a slightly deranged woman - with "Gatsby"-ending similarities.My one main gripe with the story is that not a single character is likeable. The protagonist, John Sutter, is at heart a selfish, smart-ass jerk, and the antagonist, Frank Bellarosa, a psychopath once you carve through his charm. Susan Stanhope Sutter and others are lesser characters, but all without many, if any, redeeming qualities.
    • 3/5
      After reading the John Cory series, I thought I would love this DeMille book as well. Not so. It took 10 chapters to just set the scene and introduce the characters. I kept waiting for the story to begin. The redeeming aspect is the humor of the main character, John Sutter, written in first person style. Very clever and funny writing but I wanted more out of the plot. John's wife, Susan, is almost 1 dimensional and frankly unbelievable for me, or maybe I'm just ignorant and naïve about what rich people are like. I actually liked the villain, Frank Bellarosa, because he was so interesting. Maybe that was part of the point; Frank was so skilled at manipulation that he could seduce even very wealthy and intelligent people. Anyway, since I "read" the book as an audio book, I didn't feel I wasted my time because I could perform my mundane daily routines while listening and not loose any time. I probably won't read, The Gate House, the sequel.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed this book. The story was intriguing. However, use of the word "anyway" to start every other paragraph took me right out of the story. That may sound like I'm nit-picking, but it really does get annoying.
    • 4/5
      I thought this book was an enjoyable read but it took way to long to get through it, something I have never had a problem with in any other DeMille novel I've read thus far. I plan on reading everything he wrote and rereading some I've already read. I'll add them to my library as I read them.
    • 3/5
      The story was interesting, but way too long. The narrator, who is also a co-lead character was borderline insulting to the term WASP. Bellarosa was more the hero than was Sutter. If DeMille had just picked a path and stayed reasonably close to it this could have been a leaner and stronger work. As it were I was left wanting for a better understanding of the Gold Coast and the characters themselves. I deducted a full star because of the acknowledgement. Nothing but blatant self-promotion and egomaniacal ramblings. Leave that crap for the end pages, or else risk putting off more readers.