American Tabloid is a 1995 novel by
James Ellroy. The novel chronicles three rogue American law enforcement officers from November 22, 1958 through November 22, 1963. Each becomes entangled in a web of interconnecting associations between the
FBI,
CIA, and the
Mafia, which eventually leads to their involvement in the
John F. Kennedy assassination. James Ellroy dedicated
American Tabloid "
To NAT SOBEL."