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Loading... L.A. Confidential (original 1990; edition 1994)by James Ellroy
Work InformationL. A. Confidential by James Ellroy (1990)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Read several years ago, and only vaguely remember this. ( ) Yes, I'm giving this book a full 5 star review. This is nothing literary or though provoking, but it's pure entertainment and I was entertained. It has all the whores, drugs, murder, and shitbags you can get in a 1950's set crime noir book. Los Angeles, Walt Disney, and Veronica Lake look-a-like prostitutes. I've only seen the movie to this, so I can't judge the other books pat of the L.A. Quartet. I can say if you watched the movie, you should be able to read this book without any issues. I'd like to read the other books now to see if there are any connections and why this is a series. SPOILER TIME!: (For people who watched the movie and read the book.) The only complaint I have are the newspaper clippings sections. They are very much needed in the book, but a the same time they make things confusing for the readers. It goes back and forth with a narrative style to a newspaper style. I do like Ellroys writing style for the crime genre. If this wasn't crime, I think I'd get annoyed with the writing. A set of twists and turns through the landscape of the underworld of L.A. This is another fine novel in James Ellroy's L.A Quartet and is different enough from the movie (which I viewed previously) to entice and bring the reader along for the wild ride. The plot is unpredictable and the characters are somewhat stoic in their bearing, possessing the attributes that are generally known in crime fiction. Nevertheless, there is much to like here and I felt fully engaged for the duration of the novel. 4 stars. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals. Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three L. A. P. D. detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers. No library descriptions found. |
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