American Tabloid (#1 The Underworld Usa Trilogy)

Author: James Ellroy

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  • : April 2001
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Description

We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination--in the underworld that connects Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C. . . .
Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles, and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . .
Where the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a moment of a man's loyalty . . .
Where three renegade law-enforcement officers--a former L.A. cop and two FBI agents--are shaping events with the virulence of their greed and hatred, riding full-blast shotgun into history. . . .
James Ellroy's trademark nothing-spared rendering of reality, blistering language, and relentless narrative pace are here in electrifying abundance, put to work in a novel as shocking and daring as anything he's written: a secret history that zeroes in on a time still shrouded in secrets and blows it wide open.

Review Quotes:
"A supremely controlled work of art." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Hard-bitten. . . . Ingenious. . . . Ellroy segues into political intrigue without missing a beat." --"The New York Times"
"Vastly entertaining." --"Los Angeles Times"
"Compulsively readable. . . . Hard to forget." --"Chicago Tribune"


Physical Info: 2.72 cms H x 20.35 cms L x 13.18 cms W (0.46 kgs) 592 pages

First published 1995.