American Tabloid
About this book
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 money, power, influence and even the Presidency of the United States are up for grabs... 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... The same blistering language, relentless narrative pace and nothing-spared rendering of reality that have marked James Ellroy's other best-selling novels are here once again, and in electrifying abundance. And now he puts them to work in a novel more shocking and daring than anything he's written before: a secret history that zeroes in on a time still shrouded in secrets and blows it wide open.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 133 readers · 571 pages · ≈ 10 h 34 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read American Tabloid?
About ≈ 10 h 34 m — 571 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is American Tabloid?
571 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is American Tabloid?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is American Tabloid in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does American Tabloid take place?
It is set in United States.
Who wrote American Tabloid?
James Ellroy.