The Given Day discussion

At two hundred pages in, I'm noticing a lot of paralells between this and James Ellroy's The Big Nowhere. Both are about reluctant police officers who must infiltrate the worker's movement under the auspices of root out sedition. Both deal with the officer's reactions to the right wing propaganda at the time. Finally, I'm noticing that much of the dialogue could come directly from Dudly Smith--crude, sadisitic ideas wrapped in florid language.

Having read and really enjoyed both I have to say I agree with you, although I had never made that connection myself. Good observation.
Still, I really enjoyed this book and was glad to see it is going to be made into a movie.