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The underworld U.S.A. trilogy, James Ellroy ; with an introduction by Thomas Mallon, Volume I

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The underworld U.S.A. trilogy, James Ellroy ; with an introduction by Thomas Mallon, Volume I

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The underworld U.S.A. trilogy

Responsibility statement

James Ellroy ; with an introduction by Thomas Mallon

Series statement

Underworld U.S.A trilogy, Volume IEveryman's library, 389

Summary

American Tabloid gives us Jack Kennedy's ride, seen from an insider's perspective. We're there for the rigged 1960 election. We're there for the Bay of Pigs fiasco. We're the eyes and ears and souls of three rogue cops who've signed on for the ride and come to see Jack as their betrayer. We're Jack's pimps and hatchet men, and we're there for that baroque slaying in DallasThe Cold Six Thousand takes us from Dallas to Vietnam to Memphis to the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in L.A. We're rubbing shoulders with RFK and MLK, calamitous klansmen, noted mafiosi. We're forced to relive the American sixties--and we come away breathless

Table Of Contents

American tabloid -- The cold six thousand

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American tabloidCold six thousand

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