num_pages: 585
description: 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.
language: English
title: American Tabloid
titlecomplete: American Tabloid
characters: Ward Littell, Jimmy Hoffa, Carlos Marcello, Howard Hughes, Lenny Sands, Kemper Boyd, Santo Trafficante Jr., Laura Hughes, John Stanton, Pete Bondurant, Sam Giancana
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Novels, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 18055
places: Washington, D.C., Guatemala, Los Angeles, California, Miami, Florida, Dallas, Texas, Havana, Chicago, Illinois
series: Underworld USA
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Deutscher Krimi Preis
category: 2. Platz International
publisher: Gardners Books