| International Standard Book Number |
9780525656814
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| International Standard Book Number |
0525656812
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781984897442
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| International Standard Book Number |
1984897446
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
[Fic]
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| Personal Name |
Ellroy, James, 1948- author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
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| Title Statement |
Red sheet : a novel / James Ellroy.
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| Edition Statement |
First hardcover edition.
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| Publisher |
©2026.
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| Publisher |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Turn to the first page and disavow what you think you know. This is 1960s Los Angeles like you've never seen it before, in a daring work of historical fiction from bestselling author of The Enchanters and Widespread Panic. It's late October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis has just concluded. The U.S. prevailed. Attorney General Robert Kennedy fears reprisals from domestic Communist Party members embedded in L.A. He orders a red probe and puts the LAPD on the job. Freddy Otash is named lead investigator. He encounters commie malfeasance at every turn. He homes in on a red-front trade union. There's a murder on Halloween night. It links to ex-VP and gubernatorial candidate Richard Nixon and possibly two homicides eight years back. Now Freddy is working double duty: he's commanding the probe and is hired to keep Nixon out of trouble. Meanwhile, integrationist fever is sweeping L.A. and the police department comes under its fire. Ex-cop/lawyer Tom Bradley is running for city council and pushing the Rumford Fair Housing Act. Playboy kingpin Hugh Hefner is along for the ride. And the long-forgotten but still-stunning folk singer Judy Henske is on a collision course with the love of her life, the freewheeling Freddy O. The stage is set for chaos and Freddy thrives on chaos. Red Sheet is a work of subversive art. It embodies "indigenous American beserk" with a uniquely crazed and brilliant passion"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject |
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Racism Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Fiction. Investigation
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Detectives Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Police corruption Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Nineteen sixties Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Politicians Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Communists Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels. lcgft.
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