James Ellroy Talks about The Cold Six Thousand

James Ellroy - The Cold Six Thousand - Eye on Books Classic:

A good brief interview with Ellroy. I am rereading his account of the assassinations of the 1960s which form the parentheses of this book. What is plausible and indisputable is the milieu that Ellroy describes with fictional characters and imagined deeds, some of them plausible indeed. It is not hard to infer from knowledge of today's milieu similar evils lurking about. Only now with the receding of the Mob criminality has moved into the edges of the corporate world under the aegis of operatives whose names are barely known to us. To say that the Right Wing is connected is an understatement. Think Cheney and his corporate ties obscure and not so obscure. To suggest that right wing figureheads now seeking to "run the country" are most likely naive is a reasonable assumption. To think this force is not lurking to stop anything like the change we seek is likewise naive. To think that the media gives a hoot about exploring this is the height of naivete,



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