|
Loading...
LibraryThing recommendationsMember recommendationsLoading...
won't like
will probably not like
will probably like
will like
will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. http://booklog.molehill.org/2009/05/3... (  ) jtl | May 30, 2009 |  Gritty (as expected), absorbing, and with an interesting interplay with Kennedy presidential history. Excellent read. Highly recommended. (  ) Griff | Apr 23, 2008 | This was a brilliantly conceived and written book. It is one of my favorite Ellroy books. (  ) jaimjane | Sep 21, 2007 | A magnificent book, really, and the best Ellroy I've read. He reaches into the seedy underbelly of America in the early sixties, leading up to the assassination of JFK, and presents an impressive account of how the mob, the CIA and everyone else was somehow involved. Very clever. ( ) soylentgreen23 | Dec 26, 2006 | Warning: After reading almost anything by James Ellroy, you will be compelled to read EVERYTHING by James Ellroy ( ) papskier | Sep 10, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0449000907, Paperback)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. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia in English (1)
