The Cold Six Thousand

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The Cold Six Thousand is a hard-boiled historical crime novel by James Ellroy that continues his American Underworld Trilogy, exploring the violent political and criminal undercurrents of 1960s America.

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instanceOf crime novel
hard-boiled fiction
novel
author James Ellroy NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy Blood's a Rover NERFINISHED
follows American Tabloid NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
historical crime fiction
noir fiction
hasFictionalCharacter Pete Bondurant NERFINISHED
Ward Littell NERFINISHED
Wayne Tedrow Jr. NERFINISHED
hasISBN 978-0-375-40392-4
hasSubject Las Vegas development and casinos
Vietnam War era NERFINISHED
civil rights movement NERFINISHED
includesEvent assassination of John F. Kennedy
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED
assassination of Robert F. Kennedy NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement neo-noir
literarySeriesNumber 2
mainTheme corruption in politics
organized crime
political violence in the United States
racism in America
mediaType print
narrativeStyle staccato prose
notableFor dense, telegraphic prose style
depiction of CIA and mob involvement in U.S. politics
pageCount approximately 672
partOfSeries American Underworld Trilogy NERFINISHED
publicationDate 2001
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingPeriod 1960s
timeSpanOfNarrative 1963–1968
tone dark
violent

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James Ellroy notableWork The Cold Six Thousand