Widespread panic : a novel
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Published
[New York, New York] : Random House Large Print, [2021].
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
461 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Coos Bay Public Library - Adult/General - Large Print | ELLROY, JAMES Widespread Panic | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Actors -- Fiction
Conspiracies -- Fiction.
Corruption -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction
Gossip columns -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Large print books
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction
Noir fiction
Periodicals -- Fiction.
Scandals -- Fiction
Socialites -- Fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Conspiracies -- Fiction.
Corruption -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction
Gossip columns -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Large print books
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction
Noir fiction
Periodicals -- Fiction.
Scandals -- Fiction
Socialites -- Fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Published
[New York, New York] : Random House Large Print, [2021].
Format
Large Print
Edition
First large print edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Part I originally published (in slightly different form) in ebook format as 'Shakedown' by Byliner Fiction in 2012" -- Title page verso.
Description
"Freddy Otash is the man in the know and the man to know in Tinseltown. He operates with two simple rules--he'll do anything but murder, and he'll never work with commies. Freddy is a corrupt L.A. cop on the skids. He executed a cop killer named Horvath and it gores him. So Captain "Whiskey" Bill Parker cans him. Now, Freddy dons an array of new hats--sleazoid private eye, shakedown artist, matchmaker for Rock Hudson, pimp for President John F. Kennedy--and, most notably--the lead tipster and head strongarm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internet--and delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink and the scurrilous skank on the feckless foibles of misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Freaky Freddy outs them all! In Widespread Panic we traverse the depths of '50s L.A. and internalize the inner workings of Confidential. Dig: You'll go to Burt Lancaster's lushly appointed torture den. . . You'll gas on overhyped legend James Dean as Freddy's chief stooge. . . You'll be there for Freddy's ring-a-ding rendezvous with Liz Taylor. . . You'll be front and center as Freddy runs roughshod over the stars of the silver screen and the demimonde of the Hollywood hills"--‡cProvided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ellroy, J. (2021). Widespread panic: a novel (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellroy, James, 1948-. 2021. Widespread Panic: A Novel. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellroy, James, 1948-. Widespread Panic: A Novel Random House Large Print, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ellroy, James. Widespread Panic: A Novel First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2021.
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