Shakedown: Freddy Otash Confesses (Kindle Single)

Shakedown: Freddy Otash Confesses (Kindle Single)

James Ellroy is an American original of the most profane order. The bestselling author of the noir classics "L.A. Confidential," "The Black Dahlia," and "The Cold Six Thousand," he has been hailed by the "Los Angeles Times" as "one of the best writers of our era." In his latest short fiction, "Shakedown," he is as frenetically depraved as ever, minting an antihero who is a cad for the ages.

Meet Freddy Otash: corrupt cop turned sleaze hustler, extortionist, pimp, and an actual historical figure who made the 1950s magazine "Confidential" the go-to source for the sins of the rich and famous. In his prime, Freddy raised hell, and in the pages of "Shakedown" he finds himself in purgatoryâ€”literallyâ€”waiting for a transfer. Will he make it to heaven, or is his fate trending south? Promised redemption if he confesses, Freddy writes a tell-all peopled by Hollywood greats like Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, and Gary Cooper (to name a few), who are up to all sorts of wrong. Threesomes, foursomes, menâ€™s room misadventuresâ€”anything goes in this licentious world.

"Shakedown" explodes the postwar America of June and Ward Cleaver and breathes randy new life into the man who whetted our national appetite for sex and scandal and whose lack of scruples makes todayâ€™s gossip culture seem almost innocent. Whatâ€™s true and whatâ€™s fiction? Ellroyâ€™s not telling.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Ellroy is the author of the groundbreaking Underworld USA Trilogy of novelsâ€”â€œAmerican Tabloid,â€ â€œThe Cold Six Thousand,â€ and â€œBloodâ€™s a Rover.â€ His L.A. Quartet novelsâ€”â€œThe Black Dahlia,â€ â€œThe Big Nowhere,â€ â€œL.A. Confidential,â€ and â€œWhite Jazzâ€â€”were international bestsellers. â€œMy Dark Places,â€ his memoir, was a â€œTimeâ€ Best Book of the Year and a â€œNew York Timesâ€ Notable Book in 1996. His novel â€œThe Cold Six Thousandâ€ was a â€œNew York Timesâ€ Notable Book and a â€œLos Angeles Timesâ€ Best Book for 2001. Ellroy lives in Los Angeles.

PRAISE FOR â€œSHAKEDOWNâ€

Need paint peeled? Skin flensed? Zombies repelled? Expose the problem to Ellroyâ€™s scabrous, excoriating look behind the curtains of golden-era Los Angeles and prestoâ€”solved. â€¦ Most definitely not nice, though if you like your language salty enough to float on without ever hitting water, then this is just the thing. â€”Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR JAMES ELLROY

â€œEllroy rips into American culture like a chainsaw in an abattoir.â€ â€”Time

â€œBold, electrifying. â€¦ Ellroy strips prose to its raw, gleaming bone. â€¦ James Ellroy is an American original, a sophisticated primitive as smooth as the snick-snick! of a pump shotgun and as subtle as the inevitable blast.â€ â€”The San Diego Union-Tribune

â€œEllroyâ€™s characters are drawn with a firm brush, he has an excellent line in flinty, sardonic dialogue, and you terribly want to know how the whole thing is going to work out in the end.â€ â€”The New York Times

â€œMore than any other contemporary author, Ellroy gets inside the skull of the sadistic psychopath. â€¦ A true original.â€ â€”Jonathan Kellerman

Country	USA
Author	James Ellroy
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781614520474
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Byliner Inc.
Manufacturer	Byliner Inc.
NumberOfPages	66
PublicationDate	2012-10-01
Publisher	Byliner Inc.
ReleaseDate	2012-10-01
Studio	Byliner Inc.

Shakedown: Freddy Otash Confesses (Kindle Single)

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