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Widespread panic : a novel, James Ellroy

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"Freddy Otash is the man in the know and the man to know in Tinseltown. He operates with two simple rules--he'll do anything but murder, and he'll never work with commies. Freddy is a corrupt L.A. cop on the skids. He executed a cop killer named Horvath and it gores him. So Captain "Whiskey" Bill Parker cans him. Now, Freddy dons an array of new hats--sleazoid private eye, shakedown artist, matchmaker for Rock Hudson, pimp for President John F. Kennedy--and, most notably--the lead tipster and head strongarm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internet--and delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink and the scurrilous skank on the feckless foibles of misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Freaky Freddy outs them all! In Widespread Panic we traverse the depths of '50s L.A. and internalize the inner workings of Confidential. Dig: You'll go to Burt Lancaster's lushly appointed torture den. . . You'll gas on overhyped legend James Dean as Freddy's chief stooge. . . You'll be there for Freddy's ring-a-ding rendezvous with Liz Taylor. . . You'll be front and center as Freddy runs roughshod over the stars of the silver screen and the demimonde of the Hollywood hills"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
  • First edition.
  • First United States edition.
Extent
319 pages
Note
"This is a Borzoi book"
Isbn
9780593319345
Instance
Label
Widespread panic : a novel
Title
Widespread panic
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
James Ellroy
Title variation
Wide spread panic
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Freddy Otash is the man in the know and the man to know in Tinseltown. He operates with two simple rules--he'll do anything but murder, and he'll never work with commies. Freddy is a corrupt L.A. cop on the skids. He executed a cop killer named Horvath and it gores him. So Captain "Whiskey" Bill Parker cans him. Now, Freddy dons an array of new hats--sleazoid private eye, shakedown artist, matchmaker for Rock Hudson, pimp for President John F. Kennedy--and, most notably--the lead tipster and head strongarm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internet--and delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink and the scurrilous skank on the feckless foibles of misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Freaky Freddy outs them all! In Widespread Panic we traverse the depths of '50s L.A. and internalize the inner workings of Confidential. Dig: You'll go to Burt Lancaster's lushly appointed torture den. . . You'll gas on overhyped legend James Dean as Freddy's chief stooge. . . You'll be there for Freddy's ring-a-ding rendezvous with Liz Taylor. . . You'll be front and center as Freddy runs roughshod over the stars of the silver screen and the demimonde of the Hollywood hills"--
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1948-
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Ellroy, James
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3555.L6274
LC item number
W53 2021
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Periodicals
  • Conspiracies
  • Scandals
  • Celebrities
  • Nineteen fifties
  • Los Angeles (Calif.)
Label
Widespread panic : a novel, James Ellroy
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Publication
Note
"This is a Borzoi book"
Bar code
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Carrier category code
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Carrier MARC source
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Content category
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Content type code
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Content type MARC source
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Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
  • First edition.
  • First United States edition.
Extent
319 pages
Isbn
9780593319345
Lccn
2020050847
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
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  • bro-copy20210707-091
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Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)1197723575
Label
Widespread panic : a novel, James Ellroy
Publication
Note
"This is a Borzoi book"
Bar code
  • 31223136794303
  • 31223136794378
  • 31223136794360
  • 31223136794352
  • 31223136804532
  • 31223136804383
  • 31223136794451
  • 31223136794410
  • 31223136794428
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  • 31223136794329
  • 31223136794402
  • 31223136794394
  • 31223136794386
  • 31223136794436
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
  • First edition.
  • First United States edition.
Extent
319 pages
Isbn
9780593319345
Lccn
2020050847
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • bro-copy20210707-091
  • bro-cust20210719-091
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)1197723575

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