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Rated 5 starsLeft me breathless
What a roller coaster ride! Getting into the rhythm is a bit like watching a production of Shakespeare - you have to get your ear attuned to the language, but once you achieve that, you are off and away and able to immerse yourself wholly in the experience. It takes a while to sort out the parallel plot lines and keep the characters in an orderly arrangement in your head. I even went back and re-read the first 3 chapters after...
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Rated 5 starsOne of the high points of American crime fiction
James Ellroy's so-called "L.A. Quartet" (The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz) is one of the seminal bodies of work in American crime fiction. I have chosen to include a review under "The Big Nowhere" not because I feel it is the best book of the four (L.A. Confidential has a broader scope, takes greater risks, and is more compelling); simply, none of the other books moves me as much as this...
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Rated 5 starsBest Book of the Year!
Well, for me at least (I heard of Ellroy from the movie LA Confidential - this book, I think, is from '89). I was utterly engrossed. I don't usually like mysteries or cop stories, but Ellroy is such a good writer that I easily kept up with the dozens of characters and half-dozen interwoven plots. No character is simple - even the good guys aren't really good guys (I suppose that is a cliche in this genre, but the main...
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