Un recorrido, de la mano de James Ellroy, por los bajos fondos de la sociedad estadounidense de los años cinquenta, sesenta y setenta, en el que nos reencontramos con algunos de los personajes de su celebre Trilogia Americana politicos corruptos, inmigrantes boxeadores, adolescentes frustrados, etc. y asistimos a episodios autobiograficos de cuando el escritor vivia sumergido en el mundo del crimen. La cara menos amable de Estados Unidos.
"Perfidia" inaugure le second Quatuor de Los Angeles, prélude au premier, encore plus ambitieux et qui reprend ses personnages devenus célébrissimes à l'époque de leur jeunesse. "C'est mon roman le p
It´s 1968. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King are dead. The Mob, Howard Hughes and J Edgar Hoover are in a struggle for America´s soul, drawing into their murderous conspiracies the dammed and the soon-to-be damned. Blood's A Rover will be published for the first time in Windmill paperback. The long-awaited masterpiece completes the Underworld USA trilogy. Brand new cover look to cement Ellroy's reputation as one of the greatest living American writers. Massive review coverage for the hardback. His films include L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, Brown's Requiem, Street Kings, Dark Blue and White Jazz.
Political noir as only Ellroy can write it, "Blood's A Rover" is a novel of astonishing depth and scope, a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love. Set in the tumultuous year of 1968, this novel is the largest and greatest work of fiction by an American master--the wild, startling and much-anticipated conclusion to his Underworld USA trilogy. Political noir as only Ellroy can write it, "Blood's A Rover" is a novel of astonishing depth and scope, a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love. Set in the tumultuous year of 1968, this novel is the largest and greatest work of fiction by an American master--the wild, startling and much-anticipated conclusion to his Underworld USA trilogy. Hide
Three of Ellroys most compelling novels featuring Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins in one volume. Lloyd Hopkins pieces the puzzle together he discovers the darker threat of John Haviland, a psychiatrist whose pleasure comes from the manipulation of the weak and lonely.
There follows a hellish five-year ride through the sordid underbelly of public policy via Las Vegas, Howard Hughes, Vietnam, CIA dope dealing, Cuba, sleazy showbiz, racism and the Klan. This is the 1960s under Ellroys blistering lens, the icons of the era mingled with cops, killers, hoods, and provocateurs.
Then the Feds announce a full-out investigation into local police corruption, and everything goes haywire. Kleins been hung out as bait, "a bad cop to draw the heat," and the heats coming from all sides: from local politicians, from LAPD brass, from racketeers and drug kingpins--all of them hell-bent on keeping their own secrets hidden.
