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American Tabloid
James Ellroy
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Description for American Tabloid
Paperback. America is about to emerge into a bright new age - an age that will last until the 1000 days of John F Kennedy's presidency. Three men move beneath the glossy surface of power, men allied to the makers and shakers of the era. Pete Bondurant - Howard Hughes' right-hand man, Jimmy Hoffa's hitman. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 412.
The first novel in Ellroy's extraordinary Underworld USA Trilogy as featured on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read.
1958. America is about to emerge into a bright new age – an age that will last until the 1000 days of John F Kennedy's presidency.
Three men move beneath the glossy surface of power, men allied to the makers and shakers of the era. Pete Bondurant – Howard Hughes's right-hand man, Jimmy Hoffa's hitman. Kemper Boyd – employed by J Edgar Hoover to infiltrate the Kennedy clan. Ward Littell – a man seeking redemption in Bobby Kennedy's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099537823
SKU
9780099537823
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About James Ellroy
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed LA Quartet, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz, as well as the first two parts of his Underworld USA trilogy, American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand which were both Sunday Times bestsellers.
Reviews for American Tabloid
Intense and flamboyant... excellent. The plot runs on high-octane violence... a powerful book... one emerges breathless, shaken and ready to change one's view of recent American history
Sunday Telegraph
Brilliant and appalling. It is deeply repelling portraiture, yet mesmerising
The Times
Laconic violence, terse, slang-driven sentences, and a gleeful blurring of the moral line between ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
Brilliant and appalling. It is deeply repelling portraiture, yet mesmerising
The Times
Laconic violence, terse, slang-driven sentences, and a gleeful blurring of the moral line between ... Read more