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American Tabloid
American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1) | James Ellroy
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CHOSEN BY TIME MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR"ONE HELLISHLY EXCITING RIDE."--Detroit Free PressThe '50s are finished. Zealous young senator Robert Kennedy has a red-hot jones to nail Jimmy Hoffa. JFK has his eyes on the Oval Office. J. Edgar Hoover is swooping down on the Red Menace. Howard Hughes is dodging subpoenas and digging up Kennedy dirt. And Castro is mopping up the bloody aftermath of his new communist nation."HARD-BITTEN. . . INGENIOUS. . . ELLROY SEGUES INTO POLITICAL INTRIGUE WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT."--The New York TimesIn the thick of it: FBI men Kemper Boyd and Ward Littell. They work every side of the street, jerking the chains of made men, street scum, and celebrities alike, while Pete Bondurant, ex-rogue cop, freelance enforcer, troubleshooter, and troublemaker, has the conscience to louse it all up."VASTLY ENTERTAINING."--Los Angeles TimesMob bosses, politicos, snitches, psychos, fall guys, and femmes fatale. They're mixing up a molotov cocktail guaranteed to end the country's innocence with a bang. Dig that crazy beat: it's America's heart racing out of control. . . ."A SUPREMELY CONTROLLED WORK OF ART."--The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the Paperback edition.
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Cinfhen
Cinfhen
American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1) | James Ellroy
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#BookMail Our bookclub selected this one as our historical fiction selection! Has anyone read it?? I thought James Ellroy writes crime noir? I personally did not vote for this one 🙄But that‘s the way the pages turn😉

Leftcoastzen Wiki him, he‘s got a complicated personal history with crime .I read & liked his series that began with
[tagged book]The Black Dahlia
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Cinfhen Thanks for pointing me to his Wiki page @Leftcoastzen He sounds like an interesting character 4y
BarbaraBB I read Black Dahlia earlier this year and was not blown away by him. I don‘t think you will be either... 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4y
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TrishB Definitely crime. 4y
Ruthiella I went through an Elroy phase in the early aughts. I loved it at the time but they are definitely complex, male focused historical crime novels, dark and cynical. 4y
Cinfhen I hope I‘ll be able to read through it @BarbaraBB @TrishB @Ruthiella the premise sounds good but I‘m not a fan of 50‘s crime genre (edited) 4y
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Minervasbutler
Minervasbutler
American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1) | James Ellroy
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Dizzying, dazzling fictionalised account of the events leading up to the JFK assassination. Historical figures (Hoover, Howard Hughes, Hoffa) appear alongside 3 fictional rogue lawmen each with their own motivations and shifting loyalties. Bewildering and exhilarating in equal measure.

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Lexeegee
Lexeegee
American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1) | James Ellroy
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Pickpick

FBI CIA. MOBSTERS. CUBANS. KENNEDYS. Once I adjusted to the writing style I found this to be a very good read.

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Lexeegee
Lexeegee
American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1) | James Ellroy
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The writing style is a little different, I had a hard time getting into the first few chapters. It is growing on me though.

Sweettartlaura Ellroy has a distinct voice, to be sure. Sometimes I like to read him just for that - it's immersive. 8y
brendanmleonard I adore this one. One of the great American novels. 8y
MrBook Interesting. I'll add it 😊👍🏻. 8y
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brendanmleonard
brendanmleonard
American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1) | James Ellroy
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Happy 4th! 🎉One of my favorite things about 🇺🇸 is our constant ability to reevaluate and reimagine our past. That can be a very bad thing. But often, our great artists and writers remind us that no icon is sacred, there are new ways of telling stories, and that there are so many left to tell.

GuiltyFeat Ellroy is a genius. This is his masterwork. 8y
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thepaulhoa
thepaulhoa
American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1) | James Ellroy
Pickpick

Great book! It's about the mob, the FBI, the Kennedy's, and Cuba in the late 1950s/early 1960s. This one really pulled me in and I had a hard time putting it down.

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