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Red sheet : a novel / James Ellroy.
Van Pelt Library PS3555.L6274 R43 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellroy, James, 1948- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department--Fiction.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Detectives--Fiction.
- Detectives.
- Communists--Fiction.
- Communists.
- Politicians--Fiction.
- Politicians.
- Police corruption--Fiction.
- Police corruption.
- Racism--Fiction.
- Racism.
- Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Nineteen sixties--Fiction.
- Nineteen sixties.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Turn to the first page and disavow what you think you know. This is 1960s Los Angeles like you've never seen it before, in a daring work of historical fiction from bestselling author of The Enchanters and Widespread Panic. It's late October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis has just concluded. The U.S. prevailed. Attorney General Robert Kennedy fears reprisals from domestic Communist Party members embedded in L.A. He orders a red probe and puts the LAPD on the job. Freddy Otash is named lead investigator. He encounters commie malfeasance at every turn. He homes in on a red-front trade union. There's a murder on Halloween night. It links to ex-VP and gubernatorial candidate Richard Nixon and possibly two homicides eight years back. Now Freddy is working double duty: he's commanding the probe and is hired to keep Nixon out of trouble. Meanwhile, integrationist fever is sweeping L.A. and the police department comes under its fire. Ex-cop/lawyer Tom Bradley is running for city council and pushing the Rumford Fair Housing Act. Playboy kingpin Hugh Hefner is along for the ride. And the long-forgotten but still-stunning folk singer Judy Henske is on a collision course with the love of her life, the freewheeling Freddy O. The stage is set for chaos and Freddy thrives on chaos. Red Sheet is a work of subversive art. It embodies "indigenous American berserk" with a uniquely crazed and brilliant passion"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "A borzoi book" - title page verso
- Other Format:
- Online version Ellroy, James Red sheet
- ISBN:
- 9780525656814
- 0525656812
- 9781984897442
- 1984897446
- OCLC:
- 1536318734
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