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Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) 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, [2] and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A ...
Aug 19, 2019 · James Ellroy on his life in crime, his imaginary dog and the need to provoke. By David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya. “I’ve had precious few moments,” admitted the novelist James...
James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with a wild riff on the Marilyn Monroe death myth in an astonishing, behind-the-headlines crime epic.
James Ellroy was born under the name of Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in the city of Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his distinct style of writing in which he frequently omits connecting words and uses short staccato sentences.
Sep 11, 2023 · James Ellroy finally takes on Marilyn Monroe. By Parul Sehgal. September 11, 2023. In “The Enchanters,” Ellroy displays his customary concern with furtive genealogies of violence....
James Ellroy — Demon Dog of American Letters — goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with a wild riff on the Marilyn Monroe death myth in an astonishing, behind-the-headlines crime epic. The Enchanters is a transcendent work of American popular fiction.
A master of noir crime fiction, James has up close and personal knowledge of the world of crime. His life has been shadowed by a gruesome event: the unsolved murder of his mother when he was a child.
