![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hence, ''American Tabloid'' and its sequel, Ellroy's new novel, ''The Cold Six Thousand,'' both of which depict an American political underbelly teeming with conspiracy and crime as seen through the eyes of Only a reckless verisimilitude can set that line straight.'' Our continuing narrative line is blurred past truth and hindsight. The 1960 presidential election is someone who has probably made a deliberate decision not to, Ellroy goes on to say: ''Hagiography sanctifies shuck-and-jive politicians and reinvents their expedient gesturesĪs moments of great moral weight. Ignoring the fact that anyone who doesn't know by now about Kennedy's philandering and the Mafia's rumored role in Kennedy and his presidency, they ought to jettison them. T the beginning of ''American Tabloid'' (1995), James Ellroy informed his readers that if they harbor any starry-eyed notionsĪbout the nobility of John F. Vollmann Reviews 'American Tabloid' (Feb. Michiko Kakutani Reviews 'The Cold Six Thousand' (May 15, 2001).James Ellroy's novel begins right after the smoke has cleared at Dealey Plaza. ![]()
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