We are behind and below the scenes of JFKs presidential election the Bay ofPigs the assassination in the underworld that connects Miami Los AngelesChicago D.C.... » 

We are behind and below the scenes of JFKs presidential election the Bay ofPigs the assassination in the underworld that connects Miami Los AngelesChicago D.C. . . .Where the CIA the Mob J. Edgar Hoover Howard Hughes Jimmy Hoffa Cubanpolitical exiles and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . .Where the right drugs the right amount of cash the right murder buys amoment of a mans loyalty . . .Where three renegade lawenforcement officers a former L.A. cop and two FBIagents are shaping events with the virulence of their greed and hatredriding fullblast shotgun into history. . . .James Ellroys trademark nothingspared rendering of reality blisteringlanguage and relentless narrative pace are here in electrifying abundance putto work in a novel as shocking and daring as anything hes written a secrethistory that zeroes in on a time still shrouded in secrets and blows it wideopen. «