Balas y estrellas

It is impossible to dive into the programming of platforms such as Netflix, HBO or Amazon Prime without coming across dozens of documentaries of the fashionable genre: the 'true crime'. They are stories about shocking crimes, with special attention to the historical-social context of the community in which they occurred, usually located in the United States, and with protagonists ranging from movie stars to preachers, millionaires, world-famous architects, athletes from elite or presidents. In this book, Daniel Entrialgo traces the underground history of American pop culture through five real murders that left their mark on history, using these murders as a key to the interpretation of five other aspects of that fascinating puzzle called America: sex, money, wrestling, architecture and God. Because, as someone once suggested, the 'Americanization' of the world began with the 'Americanization' of America itself.