794 06effb16-8bba-4b47-b1d8-3225f1472827 American tabloid: a novel James Ellroy calibre (0.8.17) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1995-12-15T08:00:00+00:00 SUMMARY: 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.From the Trade Paperback edition. Knopf 9780679403913 eng General Suspense Fiction Mystery Mystery & Detective - General Mystery & Detective Thrillers Espionage Political corruption American Mystery & Suspense Fiction Political Social Science Non-Classifiable Political Fiction Criminals Criminology Women Sleuths Violence Corruption in government Violence in Society