Blood's a Rover - James Ellroy

James Ellroy in general

no. His reply was "Well, what the f* use are you to me?" I don't know precisely why, but this endeared him to me. James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He had a difficult childhood in as much as his parents had split, and being closer to his father than his mother, his relationship with her was strained to breaking point. This abruptly changed when in 1958, his mother was murdered. It went unsolved. He became insular and drew closer to his dad, believing his father's tales about his mother and learning to hate her even more than he had done. He grew into a disruptive and disturbed youth, house-breaking being a speciality of his. In a ...

James Ellroy in general

no. His reply was "Well, what the f* use are you to me?" I don't know precisely why, but this endeared him to me. James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He had a difficult childhood in as much as his parents had split, and being closer to his father than his mother, his relationship with her was strained to breaking point. This abruptly changed when in 1958, his mother was murdered. It went unsolved. He became insular and drew closer to his dad, believing his father's tales about his mother and learning to hate her even more than he had done. He grew into a disruptive and disturbed youth, house-breaking being a speciality of his. In a ...

James Ellroy in general

Ellroy is like a master of crime fiction, he can also be classed as a political novelist. He has written amazing books like American Tabloid, LA Confidential, The Big Nowhere and White Jazz. The Big Nowhere is one of my faves. The storyline revolves around three cops who are completely different. There are some gruesome murders in it, ...

James Ellroy in general

Ellroy is like a master of crime fiction, he can also be classed as a political novelist. He has written amazing books like American Tabloid, LA Confidential, The Big Nowhere and White Jazz. The Big Nowhere is one of my faves. The storyline revolves around three cops who are completely different. There are some gruesome murders in it, ...

The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy

In 1947, a woman and her daughter are walking by an abandoned lot. They see what they believe to be a mannequin laying on the ground. Upon closer inspection, they discover that the object in question is in fact a human body. The naked woman's body has been severely beaten and the torso has been cut in two pieces... each piece laying several feet from the other. The body turns out to be that of Elizabeth Short's, a 22 year-old actress to be. She is quickly dubbed the Black Dahlia by the press (because she had black hair and habitually wore black clothes). As the press digs deeper and deeper into her past, the Black Dahlia becomes one of most celebrated murders in America. Helping ...

The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy

In 1947, a woman and her daughter are walking by an abandoned lot. They see what they believe to be a mannequin laying on the ground. Upon closer inspection, they discover that the object in question is in fact a human body. The naked woman's body has been severely beaten and the torso has been cut in two pieces... each piece laying several feet from the other. The body turns out to be that of Elizabeth Short's, a 22 year-old actress to be. She is quickly dubbed the Black Dahlia by the press (because she had black hair and habitually wore black clothes). As the press digs deeper and deeper into her past, the Black Dahlia becomes one of most celebrated murders in America. Helping ...