num_pages: 592
description: 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.Chosen by Time magazine as one of the ten best books of the year."Hard-bitten ... ingenious ... Ellroy segues into political intrigue without missing a beat." —The New York Times"Vastly entertaining." —Los Angeles Times"One hellishly exciting ride." —Detroit Free Press"A supremely controlled work of art." —The New York Times Book Review
language: English
title: American Tabloid
titlecomplete: American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
characters: Sam Giancana, Jimmy Hoffa, Santo Trafficante Jr., Carlos Marcello, Howard Hughes, Lenny Sands, John Stanton, Laura Hughes, Kemper Boyd, Pete Bondurant, Ward Littell
genres: American, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Historical, Novels, Crime, Noir, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 18052
places: Los Angeles, California, Havana, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Illinois, Miami, Florida, Guatemala, Dallas, Texas
series: Underworld USA
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Deutscher Krimi Preis
category: 2. Platz International
publisher: Vintage Books