Blood’s A Rover
Blood’s A Rover by James Ellroy, published by Knopf on September 22, 2009, is a substantial work comprising 656 pages. Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous summer in 1968, the narrative unfolds in a period marked by the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, as conspiracies begin to unravel. The story follows three men—Dwight Holly, Wayne Tedrow, and Don Crutchfield—who find themselves entangled in a web of political intrigue and violence, as they navigate a landscape rife with corruption and radicalism.
Readers will encounter a gripping exploration of political noir, where the lives of the protagonists intersect amid the chaos of a nation in turmoil. The novel delves into themes of power, retribution, and the personal costs of ambition, all while reflecting the historical tensions of the era. With its focus on Los Angeles and the political climate of the time, Blood’s A Rover presents a vivid portrayal of a society on the brink, showcasing Ellroy’s distinctive narrative style and depth.
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Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. A dirty-tricks squad is getting ready to deploy at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Black militants are warring in southside L.A. The Feds are concocting draconian countermeasures. And fate has placed three men at the vortex of History.
Dwight Holly is J. Edgar Hoover’s pet strong-arm goon, implementing Hoover’s racist designs and obsessed with a leftist shadow figure named Joan Rosen Klein. Wayne Tedrow—ex-cop and heroin runner—is building a mob gambling mecca in the Dominican Republic and quickly becoming radicalized. Don Crutchfield is a window-peeping kid private-eye within tantalizing reach of right-wing assassins, left-wing revolutionaries and the powermongers of an incendiary era. Their lives collide in pursuit of the Red Goddess Joan—and each of them will pay “a dear and savage price to live History.”
Political noir as only James Ellroy can write it—our recent past razed and fully reconstructed—Blood’s A Rover is a novel of astonishing depth and scope, a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love. It is the largest and greatest work of fiction from an American master.
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