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The cold six thousand, James Ellroy

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The cold six thousand, James Ellroy

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eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The cold six thousand

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James Ellroy

Summary

Dallas, November 22nd, 1963. Wayne Tedrow Jr has arrived to kill a man. The fee is, ,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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Cold 6000

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