American Tabloid

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American Tabloid is a dark, intricately plotted crime novel by James Ellroy that explores the underbelly of American politics and organized crime leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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instanceOf crime novel
novel
author James Ellroy
award Time magazine Best Book of the Year (1995)
countryOfOrigin United States
depictsEvent Bay of Pigs Invasion
assassination of John F. Kennedy
depictsOrganization Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mafia
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy The Cold Six Thousand
genre crime fiction
historical fiction
noir fiction
political fiction
hasSequel The Cold Six Thousand
language English
listedIn TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005
mainTheme conspiracy surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy
organized crime
political corruption
narrativeStyle multiple third-person perspectives
narrativeTechnique document inserts
rapid scene shifts
notableFor dense, staccato prose style
intricate plotting
revisionist view of the Kennedy era
partOf Underworld USA Trilogy
protagonist Kemper Boyd
Pete Bondurant
Ward Littell
publicationDate 1995
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
series Underworld USA Trilogy
setInPeriod 1958–1963
settingLocation Cuba
United States
subject American politics
Cold War era
intelligence agencies
organized crime in the United States
tone cynical
dark

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James Ellroy notableWork American Tabloid
The Cold Six Thousand follows American Tabloid
Underworld USA Trilogy hasPart American Tabloid
Underworld USA Trilogy hasWorkOrder 1: American Tabloid
linked to: American Tabloid