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American Tabloid

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.

Chosen by Time magazine as one of the ten best books of the year.

"Hard-bitten ... ingenious ... Ellroy segues into political intrigue without missing a beat." —The New York Times

"Vastly entertaining." —Los Angeles Times

"One hellishly exciting ride." —Detroit Free Press

"A supremely controlled work of art." —The New York Times Book Review

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 592
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780375727375
  • Settings
  • Dallas, Texas, Miami, Florida, Washington, D.C.
  • Genres
  • fiction, crime, mystery, noir, thriller, american, historical, novels, detective
  • Release date
  • 2001