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American tabloid / a novel by James Ellroy.

Summary:

A novel of the Kennedy era, portraying the president in a far from flattering light. There are three protagonists: a CIA agent who pimps for JFK, another agent who trains anti-Castro rebels, and a lawyer who is a Mafia hunter. Through their eyes are seen the conflicting interests of the Kennedys, the director of the FBI, organized crime, organized labor, Castro and Cuban exiles. By the author of White Jazz.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0679403914
  • ISBN: 9780679403913
  • Physical Description: 571 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : 1995.

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Subject: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Fiction.
Criminals > Fiction.
Political corruption > United States > Fiction.
Violence > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Political fiction.

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