Coming in Summer 2009, the major motion picture from Universal Studios




　　”ludicrously entertaining” (Time), Public Enemies is the story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI and an assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers. In an epic feat of storytelling, Burrough reveals a web of interconnections within the vast American underworld and demonstrates how Hoover’s G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBI’s rise to power.

　　Bryan Burrough is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and the author of three previous books.