| G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century | |
| Author: | Beverly Gage |
| Subject: | Biography |
| Pub Date: | 2022 |
| Publisher: | Viking Press |
| Pages: | 837 |
| Isbn: | 9780670025374 |
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century is a biography of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover by historian Beverly Gage, first published by Viking Press in 2022. As the first biography of Hoover in 30 years, the 800-page volume uses new sources uncovered by Freedom of Information Act requests.
The book received multiple prizes: the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography,[1] the 2023 Bancroft Prize, the 2023 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History,[2] the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography,[3] and the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.[4]