From the modern master of noir James Ellroy comes the new novel “Widespread Panic” about the malevolent monarch of the 1950s Hollywood Underground. The novel is a tale of pervasive paranoia teeming with communist conspiracies, FBI finks, celebrity smut films, and strange bedfellows.
The Book Show #1723 - James Ellroy
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