American Tabloid

by James Ellroy

They were rogue cops and shakedown artists. They were wiretappers and soldiers of fortune and faggot lounge entertainers. Had one second of their lives deviated off course, American History would not exist as we know it. It’s time to demythologize an era and build a new myth from the gutter to the

Apalachin revelations forced Mr. Hoover to form the Top Hoodlum Program,

pied-à-terre.

stand out as the anti-labor corruption candidate. Dowd