American Tabloid - Brossura

Ellroy, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0804114498 ISBN 13: 9780804114493

Casa editrice: Ivy Books, 1995

Riassunto

A novel fraught with mob bosses, politicos, snitches, psychos, fall guys, and femme fatales in the early 1960s focuses on a world in which a nation loses its innocence and idealism. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"A supremely controlled work of art." --The New York Times Book Review

"Hard-bitten. . . . Ingenious. . . . Ellroy segues into political intrigue without missing a beat." --The New York Times

"Vastly entertaining." --Los Angeles Times

"Compulsively readable. . . . Hard to forget." --Chicago Tribune
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

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

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• Editore: Ivy Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0804114498
• ISBN 13: 9780804114493
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 544