Blood's a Rover
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"Blood's a Rover" is a noir crime novel by James Ellroy that concludes his Underworld USA Trilogy, exploring political corruption, racial conflict, and covert operations in late-1960s and early-1970s America.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | James Ellroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| exploresHistoricalEvent |
Black Power movement
NERFINISHED
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COINTELPRO NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War era ⓘ civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Don Crutchfield
NERFINISHED
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Dwight Holly NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Tedrow Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Cold Six Thousand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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noir fiction ⓘ political thriller ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-307-26690-2 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | neo-noir ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American politics
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FBI surveillance ⓘ covert operations ⓘ organized crime ⓘ political corruption ⓘ racial conflict ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multi-perspective
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pastiche of documents ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense, staccato prose style
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depiction of U.S. intelligence operations ⓘ integration of real and fictional characters ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 640 pages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Underworld USA Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prequel | The Cold Six Thousand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | third book in the Underworld USA Trilogy ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Haiti
NERFINISHED
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Las Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
early 1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCareer | late-period James Ellroy novel ⓘ |
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