Product Description
The Black Dahlia
Author: James Ellroy
Format: Paperback
The first book in the classic L.A. Quartet crime series
'The king of macho noir' — Guardian
'The American Dostoevsky' — Joyce Carol Oates
'One of the great American writers of our time' — Los Angeles Times
'Fierce, brave, funny, scatological, beautiful, convoluted and paranoid' — Stephen King
'One of the most original and daring writers alive' — Independent
Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny.
Five days later, her tortured body is found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers call her 'The Black Dahlia'. For two cops, what begins as an investigation becomes a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life.
About the Author
JAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s A Rover; and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is also the author of two other Freddy Otash novels, Widespread Panic and The Enchanters. He was awarded the 2022 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado.
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