by James Ellroy · Ediciones B Grupo Z · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440693426
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«América» is the crime and political novel by James Ellroy, published by Ediciones B in paperback (757 pages, in Spanish).
The plot spans US politics of the 1950s and 1960s, from the Cuban crisis and racial conflicts to the rise of Marilyn Monroe and the assassination of Kennedy. Corrupt cop Pete Bondurant, linked to the tabloid press, guides the reader through a web of real and fictional characters.
First installment of the American Trilogy (Underworld USA). The novel was originally published as American Tabloid in 1995 and received the Deutscher Krimi Preis in 1997.
Aimed at readers who want a demanding narrative and an unvarnished view of recent US history.
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A. Confidential (1990).
