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DALLAS, NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963. Wayne Tedrow Jr has arrived to kill a man. The fee is $6,000. He finds himself instead in the middle of the cover-up following JFK's assassination. 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 Ellroy's blistering lens, the icons of the era mingled with cops, killers, hoods, and provocateurs. The Cold Six Thousand is historical confluence as American nightmare. Fierce, epic fiction. A masterpiece.
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The Cold Six Thousand, James Ellroy
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- 2010
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Ellroy
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 688
- ISBN10
- 0099537834
- ISBN13
- 9780099537830
- Series
- Underworld USA
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Thriller, USA, Murders, American Literature, Detective Fiction, Violence, America, Race, Racism, Noir, Conspiracy, Contemporary History, FBI, Los Angeles, Assassinations
- Original title
- The cold six thousand
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
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- DALLAS, NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963. Wayne Tedrow Jr has arrived to kill a man. The fee is $6,000. He finds himself instead in the middle of the cover-up following JFK's assassination. 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 Ellroy's blistering lens, the icons of the era mingled with cops, killers, hoods, and provocateurs. The Cold Six Thousand is historical confluence as American nightmare. Fierce, epic fiction. A masterpiece.