The sequel to the international bestseller American Tabloid
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. His most recent novel, Blood's a Rover, completes the magisterial 'Underworld USA Trilogy' - the first two volumes of which (American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand) were both Sunday Times bestsellers.
The quality mark of The Cold Six Thousand is that it can give
heavyweight punch to even that most worked-over image, the shooting
of JFK ... Knockout
*Guardian*
Richer and darker than ever, this story ... reminds us how far
ahead of his peers Ellroy really is
*New Statesman*
The Cold Six Thousand is as brutal and honest an exposure of the
American Dream as anyone could hope for
*Scotsman*
Astonishing ... not America corrupted, but America in its purest,
uncut form
*Independent*
Ellroy is the author of some of the most powerful crime novels ever
written
*New York Times*
An explosive new novel from the modern master of noir
*Review*
Ellroy's latest novel looks at the dark side of American life during the 1960s, focusing on a Las Vegas police officer, Wayne Tedrow Jr., and his inadvertent role in the cover-up of John F. Kennedy's assassination. The narrative spans a five-year period and traces Tedrow's dealings with the Mafia, the Ku Klux Klan, and various political and cultural icons of that time period. Ellroy's fast-paced tale takes the reader on a breathtaking ride through the underbelly of America. It is readable yet complex in its character development and critical examination of U.S. public policy. Like most of Ellroy's works among them L.A. Confidential and The Crime Wave it is graphic in its description of violence and should be reserved for a mature audience. Recommended for public and academic libraries. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 1/01.] Thomas Auger, Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
The quality mark of The Cold Six Thousand is that it can
give heavyweight punch to even that most worked-over image, the
shooting of JFK ... Knockout * Guardian *
Richer and darker than ever, this story ... reminds us how far
ahead of his peers Ellroy really is * New Statesman *
The Cold Six Thousand is as brutal and honest an exposure of
the American Dream as anyone could hope for * Scotsman *
Astonishing ... not America corrupted, but America in its purest,
uncut form * Independent *
Ellroy is the author of some of the most powerful crime novels ever
written * New York Times *
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