Underworld USA Trilogy
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Underworld USA Trilogy is a set of three noir historical novels by James Ellroy that fictionalize major events in mid-20th-century American crime and politics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary trilogy
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novel series ⓘ |
| author | James Ellroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fictionalizes |
CIA covert operations
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FBI covert operations ⓘ Vietnam War era politics ⓘ activities of the American Mafia ⓘ assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstWorkPublicationDate | 1995 ⓘ |
| follows | L.A. Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
American Tabloid
NERFINISHED
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Blood's a Rover NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cold Six Thousand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkOrder |
1: American Tabloid
NERFINISHED
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2: The Cold Six Thousand NERFINISHED ⓘ 3: Blood's a Rover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastWorkPublicationDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | neo-noir ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American politics
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conspiracy ⓘ organized crime ⓘ political corruption ⓘ |
| mediaType |
book
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multi-perspective
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense, staccato prose style
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interweaving real and fictional characters ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 3 ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | later career work of James Ellroy ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Cold War era
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mid-20th-century United States ⓘ |
| subject |
U.S. national security state
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intersection of crime and government ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.