American Tabloid

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Arrow, 1995 - Corruption in government - 585 pages
A novel of the Kennedy era, portraying the president in a far from flattering light. There are three protagonists: a CIA agent who pimps for JFK, another agent who trains anti-Castro rebels, and a lawyer who is a Mafia hunter. Through their eyes are seen the conflicting interests of the Kennedys, the director of the FBI, organized crime, organized labor, Castro and Cuban exiles.

Other editions - View all

American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1)
James Ellroy
Limited preview - 2001
American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1)
James Ellroy
Limited preview - 2011
American Tabloid: A Novel
James Ellroy
Snippet view - 1995
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About the author (1995)

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L. A. Quartet novels - "The Black Dahlia", "The Big Nowhere", "L. A. Confidential", & "White Jazz" - were international best-sellers. His novel "American Tabloid" was Time magazine's Novel of the Year for 1995; his memoir, "My Dark Places", was a "Time" Best Book of the Year & a "New Yorker Times" Notable Book for 1996. He lives in Kansas City.

Bibliographic information

TitleAmerican Tabloid
Sunday Times bestseller
Volume 1 of Underworld U.S.A. trilogy, James Ellroy
AuthorJames Ellroy
PublisherArrow, 1995
ISBN0099893207, 9780099893202
Length585 pages
  
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