Blood's a rover
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2009].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
633 pages ; 25 cm.
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2009].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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The violence begins with an unsolved 1964 L.A. armored car heist that will come to have major repercussions later in the novel, as its effects ripple outward from a daring robbery into national and international affairs. There's Howard Hughes's takeover of Las Vegas, helped along by Wayne Tedrow Jr., who's working for the mob. The mob, meanwhile, is scouting casino locations in Central America and the Caribbean, and working to ensure Nixon defeats Humphrey in the 1968 election. Helping out is French-Corsican mercenary Mesplede, who first appeared in Tabloid as the shooter on the grassy knoll and who now takes under his wing Donald Crutchfield, an L.A. peeping Tom/wheelman (based, curiously, on a real-life private eye). Mesplede and Crutchfield eventually set up shop in the Dominican Republic, where the mob begins casino construction and Mesplede and Crutchfield run heroin from Haiti to raise money for their rogue nocturnal assaults on Cuba. In the middle and playing all sides against one another is FBI agent Dwight Holly, who has a direct line to a rapidly deteriorating J. Edgar Hoover (the old girl) and a tormented relationship with left-wing radical Karen Sitakis, and, later, Joan Klein, whose machinations bring the massive plot together and lead to more than one death.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ellroy, J. (2009). Blood's a rover (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellroy, James, 1948-. 2009. Blood's a Rover. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellroy, James, 1948-. Blood's a Rover Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ellroy, James. Blood's a Rover First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
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