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 drive against organised crime.
The festering discount of the age that burns brightly in these men's hearts will go into supernova as the Bay of Pigs ends in calamity, the Mob clamours for payback and the 1000 days ends in brutal quietus in 1963.
| ISBN: | 9780099537823 |
| Publication date: | 3rd June 2010 |
| Author: | James Ellroy |
| Publisher: | Windmill Books an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 585 pages |
| Series: | The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Political / Legal Thrillers |
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 drive against organised crime.
The festering discount of the age that burns brightly in these men's hearts will go into supernova as the Bay of Pigs ends in calamity, the Mob clamours for payback and the 1000 days ends in brutal quietus in 1963.
American Tabloid features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Political / Legal Thrillers
American Tabloid is available in Ebook, Paperback, Book
American Tabloid was written by James Ellroy and published by Windmill Books an imprint of Random House
American Tabloid has 585 pages
Yes it is part of The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy series
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