Stephen L. Carter talks about his new novel, *Palace Council*. The Yale law professor describes his book as a hyperbolic thriller and a subtle and convincing comedy of manners. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book.
Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University, where he has taught since 1982. A prolific writer, he has published seven critically acclaimed non-fiction books which have helped shape the national debate on issues ranging from the role of religion in politics and culture to that of integrity and civility in our daily lives. He received his bachelor's from Stanford University and his law degree from Yale before clerking for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, briefly practicing law, and then finally joining the faculty at Yale. Carter's among the 50 leaders for the new millennium as picked by *Time* magazine.