This saga plunges into the hidden corners of mid-to-late 20th-century American history, weaving together the intertwined fates of the underworld, politics, and major societal events. It follows fictionalized accounts that infiltrate real historical moments, exposing dark connections between organized crime and power structures. This is a gripping narrative of corruption, ambition, and influence that shaped modern America from within. Readers will discover a fascinating alternative perspective on the events that defined an era.
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 American Tabloid, the story continues, from the assassination of JFK right through the 60s to the conflict in Vietnam, chronicling and uncovering the corruption of a decade of American politics.
Un romanzo feroce, epico, dallo stile vertiginoso e appassionante. Un capolavoro spietato. Dallas, 22 novembre 1963. John Fitzgerald Kennedy viene assassinato: esplode il cuore del Sogno Americano. Un giovane poliziotto di Las Vegas, Wayne Tedrow Junior, arriva a Dallas con 6000 dollari in contanti e un odioso compito da svolgere: si troverà coinvolto nei retroscena criminali della vita pubblica americana. Sei pezzi da mille inizia dove terminava American Tabloid : dall'attentato a Kennedy e dal complotto per insabbiarlo. James Ellroy allaccia il suo racconto ai grandi eventi di quegli anni: il movimento per i diritti civili, Martin Luther King, la tragica morte dei fratelli Kennedy, l'escalation dello sforzo bellico in Vietnam. I personaggi di finzione si mescolano a quelli reali, le grandi figure dell'epoca si affiancano a sbirri, assassini, malviventi e provocatori, i fili della storia vera e inventata convergono nell'Incubo Americano.
Krimi. A political noir tale set during the summer of 1968 in which the lives of three men collide in the pursuit of the leftist shadow figure known as the Red Goddess Joan