American Tabloid is a 1995 novel by James Ellroy that chronicles the events surrounding three rogue American law enforcement officers from November 22, 1958, through November 22, 1963. Each becomes en
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, st
Ellroy in 2011
Ellroy at the LA Times Festival of Books, April 2009