Savkar Altinel, Sunday Telegraph
'Intense and flamboyant . . . excellent. . . one emerges breathless, shaken and ready to change one's view of recent American history'
Marcel Berlins, Times
'Brilliant and appalling. It is deeply repelling portraiture, yet mesmerising'
Sunday Times
'A frenetic and explosive thriller . . . '
Book Description
The first novel in Ellroy's extraordinary Underworld USA Trilogy
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
Product Description
Set in America in 1958, this is a story of three men beneath the glossy surface of power, allied to the makers and shakers of the era. As the festering discontent of the age burns in these men's hearts, the Bay of Pigs ends in calamity, the Mob clamours for payback, and Kennedy is assassinated.
From the Publisher
Classic and critically acclaimed writing from American’s modern master of Noir.
From the Back Cover
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 man move beneath the glossy surface of power, men allied to the makers and shakers of the era. Peter 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 clamous for payback and the 1000 days ends in brutal quietus in 1963.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.About the Author
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed LA Quartet, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz, as well as the first two parts of his Underworld USA trilogy, American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand which were both Sunday Times bestsellers.
