AMERICAN TABLOID
by Ellroy James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition, First Issue. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with the inscription "Blood Rage Ascending!" 8vo, publisher's original black cloth over red boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover, in the colour dustjacket. 576 pp. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION. This novel is "behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's Presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination - in the underworld that connects Miami, Lost 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..." "He's not merely a great hard-boiled crime fiction writer. Let's take the leap: James Ellroy is developing into one of the great American writers of our time." - Todd Grimson, LA Times Book Review
Synopsis
American Tabloid is a 1995 novel by James Ellroy. The novel chronicles three rogue American law enforcement officers from November 22, 1958 through November 22, 1963. Each becomes involved in a web of interconnecting associations between the FBI, CIA, and the mafia, which eventually lead to their involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. American Tabloid was Time magazine's Best Book (Fiction) for 1995.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32966
- Title
- AMERICAN TABLOID
- Author
- Ellroy James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
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