{"product_id":"widespread-panic-9780593313107","title":"Widespread Panic","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James Ellroy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the modern master of noir comes a novel based on the real-life Hollywood fixer Freddy Otash, the malevolent monarch of the 1950s L.A. underground, and his Tinseltown tabloid \u003ci\u003eConfidential \u003c\/i\u003emagazine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreddy Otash was the man in the know and the man \u003ci\u003eto\u003c\/i\u003e know in '50s L.A. He was a rogue cop, a sleazoid private eye, a shakedown artist, a pimp--and, most notably, the head strong-arm goon for \u003ci\u003eConfidential\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfidential\u003c\/i\u003e presaged the idiot internet--and delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink, and the scurrilous skank. It mauled misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Mattress Jack Kennedy, James Dean, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson--Frantic Freddy outed them all. He was the Tattle Tyrant who held Hollywood hostage, and now he's here to \u003ci\u003eCONFESS\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I'm consumed with candor and wracked with recollection. I'm revitalized and resurgent. My \u003ci\u003emeshugenah \u003c\/i\u003emarch down memory lane begins \u003ci\u003eNOW\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Freddy's viciously entertaining voice, \u003ci\u003eWidespread Panic \u003c\/i\u003etorches 1950s Hollywood to the ground. It's a blazing revelation of coruscating corruption, pervasive paranoia, and of sin and redemption with nothing in between. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is James Ellroy in savage quintessence. Freddy Otash confesses--and \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e are here to read and succumb.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355390468247,"sku":"9780593313107","price":1284.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780593313107.webp?v=1767670776","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/widespread-panic-9780593313107","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}