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LA Confidential: Classic Noir Paperback – 1 July 2011

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Ellroy's back with the third of his LA Quartet!

Ellroy's back with the third of his LA Quartet!
Christmas 1951, Los Angeles- a city where the police are as crooked 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...The novel takes these cops on a sprawling epic of brutal violence and the murderous seedy side of Hollywood. One of the best (and longest) crime novels ever written, it is the heart of Ellroy's four-novel masterpiece, the LA Quartet, and an example of crime writing at its most powerful.
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    L.A. Quartet
  2. Print length
    496 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    WINDMILL BOOKS
  5. Publication date
    1 July 2011
  6. Dimensions
    12.9 x 3.1 x 19.8 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    0099537885
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0099537885
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Ellroy writes as if driven by demons. His brutal, staccato graffiti tips over into art ― Sunday Times

No emotion is spared; the writing is sparse, the plotting controlled. Not for the faint of heart, this is a big, powerful crime novel and possibly the first important example of the genre in the 1990s ― Sunday Telegraph

Empty of any unessentials and full of wise-cracking wit ― Mail on Sunday

Unputdownable ― Time Out

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Ellroy's back with the third of his LA Quartet!

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ WINDMILL BOOKS; 1st edition (1 July 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0099537885
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0099537885
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 3.1 x 19.8 cm
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James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed L.A. Qurtet - The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz, as well as the Underworld USA trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand and Blood's a Rover. He is the author of one work of non-fiction, The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women. Ellroy lives in Los Angeles.

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Brendon Newcombe
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Len Joy
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Noir
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This is the first novel I’ve read by James Ellroy. As a writer, I try to write, spare, lean prose. Avoid adverbs and adjectives. It’s humbling to read Ellroy. His writing is so lean, sometimes he doesn’t even use verbs.

The story is set in LA in the ‘50s and was published in 1990. It is refreshingly unwoke (sorry for that adverb). I don’t imagine it could get published today, which is sad.

It’s a great story. Complicated and layered and packed with well-drawn characters. I had seen the movie years ago with Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, and Kevin Spacey. I watched it again when I was about a third of the way through the book. Kudos to the screenwriters who did an excellent job of condensing an epic, sprawling novel into a great film. But Ellroy’s story is far more complicated and complex than the film.

I read the book over several weeks, and to do the story justice I should have read it more quickly because it covers a decade and there are subplots on top of subplots. I am tempted to read it again. But I think I’ll try another one of his classics.

Highly recommended.
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Nina
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Reviewed in Italy on 30 March 2024
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I enjoyed the film and I decided to take a look at original book,I can say not smooth like the film,the story in many parts is different from the storyline of the film. But enjoyable if you like a crime novel.
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Christopher Mooney
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Great novel, far more to it than the film.
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cyrus patel
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in India on 3 June 2023
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A great book, great storyteller.
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Glenn
5.0 out of 5 stars loved it
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Since I really enjoyed the movie I thought I should finally read the book and what a treat! Highly recommend for fans of the genre,
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