
James Ellroy's American Tabloid
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James Ellroy
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Please note: This content is for mature audiences only. It contains adult language and themes. Discretion is advised.
In 1995, James Ellroy’s novel American Tabloid shocked the world with its gritty reimagining of the events leading up to the JFK assassination. Now, an all-star cast brings Ellroy’s masterwork to life in this gripping new audio adaptation.
Hollywood luminaries including Brian Cox (Succession), Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark), Elliott Gould (Ocean’s Eleven), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things), Bobby Cannavale (The Irishman), Shea Whigham (Boardwalk Empire), Giovani Ribisi (Lucky Pete) and Matt Dillon (There’s Something About Mary) lend their talents to this salacious thriller narrated by Ellroy himself.
The high-low tale tracks the machinations of real power brokers, like Jimmy Hoffa, John F. and Bobby Kennedy, and J. Edgar Hoover, as well as the fictionalized footmen who did their dirty work behind the scenes. Weaving true events into his sordid story, Ellroy creates a portrait of midcentury America that’s as recognizable as it is shocking.
Take a trip beyond the gloss of the Kennedy presidency into the backroom deals and unsavory characters that really made things happen. Follow along with characters like Big Pete Bondurant, a violent associate of both Howard Hughes and Jimmy Hoffa who will go to any lengths to insulate his employers from repercussions, and Kemper Boyd, an FBI agent tasked with going undercover in the Kennedy political operation.
Ellroy invites a whole new generation to leave their historical preconceptions at the door—to lift up the rock and see what’s living underneath.
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Sad story of an adopted woman who cannot except love from her adopted family.
- By prime buyer on 12-11-23
By: Daisy, and others
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The Enchanters
- A Novel
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Los Angeles, August 4, 1962. The city broils through a midsummer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker’s looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash. The freewheeling Freddy O: tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. A man who lives by the maxim “Opportunity is love.” Freddy gets to work. He dimly perceives Marilyn Monroe’s death and the kidnapped starlet to be a poisonous riddle that only he has the guts and the brains to untangle
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Ellroy is tired
- By butwhatdoIknow on 11-29-23
By: James Ellroy
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Trace of Doubt
- By: Samantha Weinberg
- Narrated by: Samantha Weinberg
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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In the summer of 1985, a brilliant young British DNA scientist Helena Greenwood is found murdered in her front garden in a quiet suburb in California. The police believe they know the killer’s identity but there’s no evidence against him, and the only thing linking him to the crime is the fact he’d been charged with sexually assaulting Helena just a few months previously.
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Waste of her energy
- By shannon j on 01-27-24
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Halfway
- By: Michael Honnah, Imeldha Eloni
- Narrated by: Patricia Allison, Lenny Henry, Arinzé Kene, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Leading the field of artificial intelligence, Halfway, a subsidiary of Soul-Tech, provides customers with the opportunity to digitally upload their minds so that in the eventuality of their death, loved ones will be able to communicate with an AI simulation and gain closure. But at what cost?A year after her brother Mark’s death, Florence is still consumed by grief. And though her parents encourage her not to dwell on the past, Florence decides to visit Halfway and speak to the simulation of Mark that was created not long before his passing.
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Edge of my seat
- By ChidiA on 06-09-24
By: Michael Honnah, and others
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The Strange Case
- By: Derek Kolstad, Mitali Jahagirdar, Laurie Kirwan-Ashman, and others
- Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby, David Oyelowo, Sofie Gråbøl, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
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Dr. Jekyll (Vanessa Kirby) is an elite international specialist in energy systems, working closely with her handler Louis (David Oyelowo) in a career that takes her across the globe to politically volatile territories such as Iran and North Korea. But when an arms dealer accuses her of having killed his family, Dr. Jekyll begins to question details of her life, who Louis really is, and whether her strange recurring dream has a greater meaning. She enlists the help of psychologist Sigrun (Sofie Gråbøl), and together they delve into Dr. Jekyll’s darker other side, a brutal assassin named… Hyde.
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Love the Originals !!
- By r2coder on 08-04-24
By: Derek Kolstad, and others
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Username: Evie
- By: Joe Sugg
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood, Joe Sugg, Peter Noble, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Featuring an exclusive interview with Joe, plus a sneak preview of Username: Regenerated. Like anyone who feels as though they just don't fit in, Evie dreams of a place of safety. When times are tough, all she wants is a chance to escape from reality and be herself. Despite his failing health, Evie's father comes close to creating such a virtual idyll.
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👍👍
- By Matthew M. on 03-15-19
By: Joe Sugg
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The Downloaded
- By: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrated by: Brendan Fraser, Luke Kirby, Vanessa Sears, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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In 2059, two vastly different groups of people portrayed by the compelling trio of Brendan Fraser (Academy Award winner), Luke Kirby (Emmy Award winner), and Vanessa Sears (Dora Award winner) undergo cryonic suspension. While their bodies are frozen, their minds, still active and awake, are uploaded into a massive quantum computer. The first group are all astronauts, about to leave Earth on a one-way interstellar colonization mission. The second group consists of convicted murderers and volunteers who elect to serve their sentences in a virtual-reality prison.
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Poor writing- agenda piece
- By Amazon Customer on 10-27-23
By: Robert J. Sawyer
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Marrow
- By: Aditi Brennan Kapil
- Narrated by: Harriet Harris, Zehra Fazal, Michael Cullen
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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Aspiring audio producer Harriet (Fazal) gets the career boost of a lifetime: the chance to interview internationally famous thriller writer Lili Novak, who has agreed to give a masterclass about her creative process. The dream gig takes a dark turn, however, as Lili immediately dives into an eerie recount of her childhood.
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I was initially confused..
- By Samantha Wirkus on 03-30-23
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In Love & Struggle, Vol. 3: The Future Is Around Us
- By: The Meteor
- Narrated by: Cree Summer, Zainab Johnson, Amanda Seales, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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Created by The Meteor, In Love and Struggle, Vol. 3 brings together a group of visionary Black women and nonbinary people for a series of unforgettable evenings filled with storytelling, music, comedy, and monologues. This year’s theme is inspired by science-fiction writer Octavia Butler and other futurists, featuring an outstanding, eclectic, wildly creative cast.
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Powerful & thought provoking
- By Von on 05-16-24
By: The Meteor
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Hunting Game
- By: Candice Fox
- Narrated by: Krysten Ritter, Anthony Mackie, Tony Goldwyn, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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Prepare to be captivated by acclaimed crime writer Candice Fox’s gripping audio thriller, Hunting Game. Featuring an all-star cast including Krysten Ritter, Anthony Mackie, and Tony Goldwyn, you’re about to enter a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. NYPD Detective Esme 'Es' Compran (Krysten Ritter) finds herself torn between her duty and her own desperate circumstances when a child is kidnapped. The victim's father, Jack Dengate (Tony Goldwyn), is a controversial big pharma CEO whose company's price hikes on life-saving drugs have dire consequences for Es' ailing daughter.
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Man what a GREAT story….BUT……
- By ShawniqueLovesToRead on 03-15-24
By: Candice Fox
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Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares
- By: Laura Benanti
- Narrated by: Laura Benanti
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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As a precocious kid who took Broadway by storm at the age of 18, Laura Benanti spent her formative years playing grown-ups onstage, but it took her a while to figure out how to be one in real life. With her razor-sharp wit and unapologetic candor, Benanti shares her hard-won insights on topics like marriage, motherhood, perimenopause, female friendship, and making peace with the younger versions of ourselves.
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the best special I've listened in a while
- By Anonymous User on 06-06-24
By: Laura Benanti
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Snow Day
- By: Julie Lipson
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi, Victor Bevine, Fred Berman, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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What makes for a wonderful life? On a crowded Christmas train from Milan to Paris, Amy, an American headed to meet her fiancé, and Martijn, a Finn headed anywhere but home, meet cute. But when their train gets delayed in an Italian Alps hill town due to a snow storm, they, along with a passel of fellow stranded passengers, find comfort and joy in a cozy inn, run by a wise Italian man who forces them to look at the holiday and each other in a whole new light.
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Snow Day
- By Lorie Sechrist on 12-03-20
By: Julie Lipson
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Widespread Panic
- A Novel
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Freddy Otash was the man in the know and the man to know in '50s LA. He was a rogue cop, a sleazoid private eye, a shakedown artist, a pimp - and, most notably, the head strong-arm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internet - and delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink, and the scurrilous skank.
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Great for those familiar with Ellroy
- By Jonathon Pledger on 07-02-21
By: James Ellroy
What listeners say about James Ellroy's American Tabloid
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- Jonathan Benjamin Korman
- 11-24-24
A great novel and a unique audio production
James Ellroy’s complex noir epics are incomparable, and this one is arguably his masterpiece.
This audio production features superb voice performances by a big cast of actors, plus a sprinkling of sound effects to help bring things to life.
The tricky bit is Ellroy himself reading the narration. Once I got into it, I came to love his noir growl and idiosyncratic cadences, but I understand why many reviews don’t take to it. Check out the sample and keep in mind that you are hearing the man himself.
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- David Mowery
- 01-21-24
Great Adaptation of a Classic
American Tabloid is an American classic. This classic “radio play” style adaptation makes it pop through your headphones. Any Ellroy fan should run, not walk, to listen - and when you’re done send a thank you to Jimmy Jellinek for making it happen.
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- Stefan Filipovits
- 02-21-24
"America Was Never Innocent"
The Audible Original production of "American Tabloid" takes an already enthralling novel and turns it into an audio-drama that plunges the listener into a world of intrigue, deceit, and labyrinthine schemes. The dialogue crackles, the story grabs you by the throat and never lets go, and the performances (with one VERY notable exception) are pitch-perfect from top to bottom. In "American Tabloid", Ellroy shows us America as a powderkeg waiting for a spark to ignite it and immolate the world with it. An insidious and pernicious CIA has its tentacles in every strata of society, a communist country lies 50 miles off America's shores, the mafia is at the height of it's influence, and the Kennedy family has its hands on the reins of power. It's a world where alliances are made with villains, plans within plans have the diremost consequences, and absolutely nobody is innocent. Of all the Ellroy novels that Audible could've adapted, I'm glad they chose "American Tabloid".
That said, there is one caveat: the narrator, James Ellroy himself, is so baffilingly unsuited to read his own material. I've never heard an author who has such an off-putting take on his own prose. It's guttural, harsh, and so strangely read it's almost comical. A story this taut, tense, and engrossing really needed a better narrator to articulate it. Caveat aside, the rest of the performances, to a one, are perfectly delivered. Audible scrounged up a "Murderer's Row" of talent to perform the dialogue and each and every actor has a surprising grasp on their respective characters and personalities. Particular acclaim should go to Allesandro Nivola, William Forsythe, and Shea Whigham as the leads. The stellar cast, immersive sound-design, tightly-paced and exquisitely written story all serve to deliver an utterly addicting Cold War pot-boiler that simmers from word one and builds and builds until its explosive conclusion...
And I could NOT stop listening.
If you enjoyed James Ellroy's "American Tabloid" as much as I did and are looking for similar titles please check out Ellroy's other works like "L.A. Confidential", "The Black Dahlia", and "The Enchanters". I also can't recommend Don Dellilo's "Libra" enough, as well as "Winter Kills" by Richard Condon.
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- Heidi
- 11-26-23
Loved the performance/production
Great production that hopefully reflects Ellroy's vision. Or he's doing it for the money. Anyway enjoyed the actors and this format.
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- Troy Dube
- 03-25-25
I realize it's the author, but that narrator...
Every voice actor did an incredible job with this project! good example of how important casting talent is for audiobooks. Except the narrator. The narrator....phew. I'll admit after awhile he grew on me, but I wasn't sure I'd get through the first chapter.
It's like....He. Stops. And starts sentences so they sound weereeeird. HE RANDOMLY YELLS!! Like a cracker jack diamond seahorse! When you think.....you got IT?! He says some random slang phrases. Cause why not? ITS HIS BOOK!! And sometimes.....books ....neeeeed soooooooound. Touchdown baby.
Anyway the narrator's style can be kinda annoying, especially for a fairly complicated story with a TON of characters. Still ABSOLUTELY worth a listen! I'd recommend trying to white knuckle through a couple chapters and see if you can get use to it.
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- Jimbo
- 12-04-23
Highly recommend
This is a great story line with the cast, Brain Cox did a fascinating job reading this. And with his voice and the way he read it and the music and sound affects made you think you were actually in that era. it was wild on on the different spin of the story. i loved this book.
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- Ricky Torres
- 03-24-24
A fantastic performance.
An already amazing book from James Ellroy really comes alive with the actors and performances.
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- Marla Brunker
- 03-11-24
Terrific, except for the narrator.
This is full-cast production, and most of the voice actors are quite good.
However, the primary voice—that of the narrator—sounds as if someone had asked an AI generator to create the snidest, most sarcastic adolescent monotone it had, and then used it throughout the book,
This book is about infighting among FBI and CIA agents in the 1950s and early 60s, and contains several scenes of disturbingly imaginative violence. Hearing murders and mutilations described by what sounds like an autistic teenager attempting to be
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- Richard Karpusiewicz
- 05-28-24
Wild Gonzo Crime Drama
The best thing I have listened to this year, this dramatized hard boiled crime novel has unparalleled dramatic sweep and intensity. While it ends abruptly I hope they do a second installment, voiced by an ensemble cast of fantastic character actors.
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- John R. Hlavin
- 05-26-24
Great performances
Loved it. Wish they did the rest of the USA Trilogy like this. Wish they did all his books like this.
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