L.A. Noir
Author | : John Buntin |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2010-04-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307352088 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307352080 |
Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Now the TNT Original Series MOB CITY Midcentury Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as "the white spot of America," a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesome Midwestern values and Hollywood stars, protected by the world’s most famous police force, the Dragnet-era LAPD. Behind this public image lies a hidden world of "pleasure girls" and crooked cops, ruthless newspaper tycoons, corrupt politicians, and East Coast gangsters on the make. Into this underworld came two men—one L.A.’ s most notorious gangster, the other its most famous police chief—each prepared to battle the other for the soul of the city.