ISBN: 0099498537
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by James Ellroy
Category: FictionDescription:
On 11th January, 1947 in Los Angeles, a beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life.
Review:
This is the opening book in Ellroy's bloodthirsty and pyrotechnic LA Quartet. A notorious Hollywood real-life murder, which paralleled in eerie ways the death of Ellroy's own mother, jump-starts a manic investigation encompassing crooked cops, perversions galore and a whole secret, murky history of Los Angeles. Not for the squeamish, but a roller-coaster ride of a book. (Kirkus UK)
What the papers say:
The outstanding crime writer of his generation' Independent 'A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession... extraordinarily well written' - The Times 'One of those rare, brilliantly written books you want to press on other people' - Time Out 'A unique voice in American crime writing' - Sunday Telegraph 'Turgid with passion, violence and frustration-imaginative and bizarre' - Los Angeles Times
Author's biography:
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed LA Quartet, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz, as well as the first two parts of his Underworld USA trilogy, American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand which were both Sunday Times bestsellers.
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