Print version: Cantor, Paul A. (Paul Arthur), 1945- Pop culture and the dark side of the American dream : con men, gangsters, drug lords, and zombies. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, c2019 219 pages ISBN 9780813177304
Includes bibliographical references and index
Aristocracy in America: Huckleberry Finn and the democratic art of imposture -- The talented Mr. Dukenfield: W. C. Fields and the American dream -- "I believe in America": the Godfather films and the immigrant’s tragedy -- The Macbeth of meth: Breaking bad and the tragedy of Walter White -- The apocalyptic strain in popular culture: the American nightmare becomes the American dream.