The Cold Six Thousand Av James Ellroy

<p>DALLAS, NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963.<br><br>Wayne Tedrow Jr has arrived to kill a man. The fee is $6,000. 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.<br><br>This is the 1960s under Ellroy''s blistering lens, the icons of the era mingled with cops, killers, hoods, and provocateurs. <i>The Cold Six Thousand</i> is historical confluence as American nightmare. Fierce, epic fiction. A masterpiece.</p>