American Tabloid - (Underworld USA Trilogy) by James Ellroy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.</b> <p/>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. . . . <p/>Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles, and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . . <br>Where the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a moment of a man's loyalty . . . <p/>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. . . . <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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. . . .<P>Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles, and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . .<P>Where the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a moment of a man's loyalty . . .<P>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. . . .<P>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A supremely controlled work of art." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Hard-bitten. . . . Ingenious. . . . Ellroy segues into political intrigue without missing a beat." --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"Vastly entertaining." --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"Compulsively readable. . . . Hard to forget." --<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the L.A. Quartet: <i> The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, </i> and <i>White Jazz, </i>and the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: <i>American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, </i>and <i>Blood's A Rover.</i> These seven novels have won numerous honors and were international best sellers. He is also the author of two collections, <i>Crime Wave</i> and <i>Destination: Morgue!</i> and two memoirs <i>My Dark Places</i> and <i>The Hilliker Curse</i>. Ellroy currently lives in Denver, Colorado. <p/>www.jamesellroy.net
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