{"product_id":"widespread-panic-a-novel-1","title":"WIDESPREAD PANIC: A NOVEL","description":"From 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 Confidential magazine.\n\nFreddy Otash was the man in the know and the man to 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 Confidential magazine.\n\nConfidential 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 CONFESS.\n\n“I’m consumed with candor and wracked with recollection. I’m revitalized and resurgent. My meshugenah march down memory lane begins NOW.”\n\nIn Freddy’s viciously entertaining voice, Widespread Panic torches 1950s Hollywood to the ground. It’s a blazing revelation of coruscating corruption, pervasive paranoia, and of sin and redemption with nothing in between.\n\nHere is James Ellroy in savage quintessence. Freddy Otash confesses—and you are here to read and succumb.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0593319346\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGRJ007NM8_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ellroy, James\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41598220501050,"sku":"4EKGRJ007NM8_ns","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0593319346-0_9f05789b-b196-4d71-9d39-d095208e660e.jpg?v=1786849212","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/widespread-panic-a-novel-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}