Jean-Paul Gratias Książki

Sześć tysięcy gotówką to druga część trylogii Underworld USA obnażającej mroczne oblicze Stanów Zjednoczonych lat 60. „Świetna lektura… Ta książka to testosteron w najczystszej postaci”. – The Plain Dealer „Wspaniała, a zarazem straszna książka, o wspaniałym i zarazem strasznym czasie w historii Stanów Zjednoczonych”. – The Village Voice „Jazda bez trzymanki… Amerykańska polityka zacieśniająca więzy ze spiskiem i zbrodnią. Temat tak twardy do zgryzienia, że łatwo połamać na nim zęby”. – The New York Times Book Review „Spod ręki Ellroya wychodzą zdania drapieżne, jakby pisał je furiat miotany gorączką i krótkie niczym błysk flesza aparatu fotograficznego.” – Gazeta Wyborcza 22 listopada 1963 roku. Zaledwie kilka godzin po zamachu na Johna F. Kennedy’ego w Dallas spotyka się trzech mężczyzn: Wayne Tedrow Jr. ? młody i prawy policjant z Las Vegas, Ward J. Littell ? zdeprawowany agent FBI oraz Pete Bondurant ? specjalista od szantażu i brudnej roboty. Mają przed sobą jedno zadanie – posprzątać bałagan po zamachu na 53. prezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych. Taki początek nie zwiastuje niczego dobrego. Przez kolejne pięć lat cała trójka będzie musiała zagłębić się nie tylko w sprawę morderstwa Kennedy’ego. Wszyscy zostaną wplątani w inne, równie nieprzyjemne kwestie: przejęcie Las Vegas przez Howarda Hughesa, wojna Hoovera przeciwko ruchowi praw obywatelskich, handel heroiną w Wietnamie a także zamach na Martina Luthera Kinga.

It's 1968. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King are dead. The Mob, Howard Hughes and J Edgar Hoover are in a struggle for America's soul, drawing into their murderous conspiracies the dammed and the soon-to-be damned. Wayne Tedrow Jr.: parricide, assassin, dope cooker, mouthpiece for all sides, loyal to none. His journey will take him away from the darkness and into an even greater darkness. Dwight Holly: Hoover's enforcer and hellish conspirator in terrible crimes. As Hoover's power wanes his destiny lurches towards Richard Nixon and self-annihilation Don Crutchfield: is a kid, a nobody, a wheelman and a private detective who stumbles upon an ungodly conspiracy from which he and the country may never recover. All three men are drawn to women on the opposite side of the political and moral spectrum; all are compromised and ripe for destruction. Only one of them will survive. The final part of James Ellroy's Underworld USA trilogy is set during the social and political upheaval of 1968-72. Blood's a Rover is an incandescent fusion of fact and fiction and is James Ellroy's greatest masterpiece.

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From “one of the great American writers of our time” (Los Angeles Times Book Review): a raw, explicit memoir as high-intensity and riveting as any of his novels.The year was 1958. James Ellroy was ten years old. His mother, Jean Hilliker, had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband. She gave her son a choice: live with his father or her. He chose his father, and Jean—“half gassed”—attacked him. He wished her dead. Three months later, she was murdered.Ellroy writes, “I owe her for every true thing that I am. I must remove the malediction I have placed on her and on myself,” and in The Hilliker Curse, he narrates his quest for “atonement in women.” He unsparingly describes his shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love affairs and marriages, a nervous breakdown and the beginning of a relationship with an extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought Her. It is a layered narrative of time and place, emotion and insight, sexuality and spiritual quest. And all of it is reported with gut-wrenching and heart-rending candor.A brilliant and soul-baring revelation of self—and unlike any memoir you have ever read.

With considerable, if uneven, success, the four novellas in this volume trace the intersecting paths of characters from Gifford's previous work. In the standout tale, "59 and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango," Gifford weaves real-life incidents into a narrative featuring a "weird and dangerous" heroine with "8-ball black eyes" and a Caribbean-born, drug-dealing santeria priest. Together, they kidnap two American teenagers in Mexico, embarking on a crime spree across Texas and California. This leads back to Louisiana, where Lula's mother, Marietta Fortune, ominously declares, "There's a Devil and he don't never quit," echoing the violence that permeates these stories. Amid the often fatal exploits of crime lords and small-time losers, Sailor and Lula Ripley thrive in love and fortune. In the final story, they take pride in their son, Pace, who, after a troubled past, now leads trekking expeditions in Nepal. Gifford's sharp characterizations, featuring names like Coot Veal and the Rev. Goodin Plenty, are generally supported by engaging dialogue. However, Sailor and Lula, still sounding like adolescent runaways in their 50s, present an unconvincing anchor amid the chaos surrounding them. This volume is part of a series promoting fiction that vividly brings settings to life.