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James ellroy is an excellent writer, he captures people so well it's like these characters were actually alive. The big nowhere isn't ellroy at his best, but that's still miles ahead of virtually every other crime writer out there. This is as much ell...  Read More

It takes a while to sort out the parallel plot lines and keep the characters in an orderly arrangement in your head. This triples the plot line and numbers of supporting characters. The cross stories of the three main charactars makes them interesting...  Read More

The style and the content are beautifully anachronistic. You are able to immerse yourself wholly in the experience. Totally immersive, and impossible to put down.

James ellroy uses a raw, visceral, staccato prose that revives an epoch in which * conflicts and social tensions dominated the country's political scene.

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Confidential also by ellroy after finishing the big nowhere and i am not disappointed


He is teamed with the charasmatic evil dudley smith


His turbulent family life will be overshadowed by his new duties as head of the uaes commission and his cooperation with the to...  Read More

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    big, novel, confidential, black and good.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 483 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 19 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Do your thing man well be here


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    Theres nothing i can say that has not already been written or said about this great book


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Great book but it was confusing in parts


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Pretty good not as good as bloods a rover though


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The darkest most depressing of ellroys la quartet with an ending that sizzles


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    All the actors in la confidential flashed through my mind while listening to these discs


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However it is not for the faint of heart


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A fascinating description of los angeles life in the late 1940s

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