L.A. Confidential
by James Ellroy
4.0
(4 ratings)496 pages1997Grand Central PublishingISBN 9780446674249
FictionCrimeFicciónDetective and mystery storiesPolice corruptionDelitosNovela policíaca estadounidenseCorrupción policíacaFiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiledExley, ed (fictitious character), fictionLos angeles (calif.), fictionCalifornia, fictionCivil lawExaminations, questionsPoliceRoman policier américainLos Angeles (Calif.). Police DepartmentLos Angeles (Calif.).Fiction, crimeFiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
About this book
L.A. Confidential is epic "noir", a crime novel of astonishing detail and scope written by the bestselling author of The Black Dahlia. A horrific mass murder invades the lives of victims and victimizers on both sides of the law. And three lawmen are caught in a deadly spiral, a nightmare that tests loyalty and courage, and offers no mercy, grants no survivors.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN
- 9780446674249
- Language
- en
About James Ellroy
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels *The Black Dahlia* (1987), *The Big Nowhere* (1988), *L.A. Confidential* (1990), *White Jazz* (1992), *American Tabloid* (1995), *The Cold Six Thousand* (2001), and *Blood's a Rover* (2009). *-- Wikipedia*
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