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