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Violence
A lot
Extreme violence; assassinations; murders throughout
Language
Very heavy
Pervasive profanity and racial slurs in period-accurate dialogue
Sexual Content
Some
Adult sexual content; prostitution
Substance Use
Some
Drug use; mob-run operations
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Unrelenting psychological darkness; moral corruption at every level of American power
What this book is about
The second volume of Ellroy's Underworld USA Trilogy (2001) picks up hours after JFK's murder and follows Ward Littell, Pete Bondurant, and Wayne Tedrow Jr. through the assassinations of RFK and MLK, Vietnam, and the mob's Las Vegas empire. Ellroy's trademark telegraphic style and extreme content. For adults only.
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Extreme language including slurs
Graphic violence
Moral nihilism
Adult content
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