{"product_id":"american-tabloid-underworld-usa-1-9780375727375","title":"American Tabloid: Underworld USA (1)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe 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. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles, and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . . \u003cbr\u003eWhere the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a moment of a man's loyalty . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere 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. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the L.A. Quartet: \u003ci\u003e The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Jazz, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eAmerican Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlood's A Rover.\u003c\/i\u003e These seven novels have won numerous honors and were international best sellers. He is also the author of two collections, \u003ci\u003eCrime Wave\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDestination: Morgue!\u003c\/i\u003e and two memoirs \u003ci\u003eMy Dark Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hilliker Curse\u003c\/i\u003e. Ellroy currently lives in Denver, Colorado. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.jamesellroy.net\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556156969234,"sku":"9780375727375","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e794c4c0-1fe5-4720-b5ad-853d9e1dfaab.jpg?v=1731748840","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-tabloid-underworld-usa-1-9780375727375","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}