Beschreibung:
James Ellroy's prose, in many ways as complex as any in the Western literary canon, strung together sensational stories of crime and catastrophe. The significance of his writing to Western culture has yet to be fully explored. Author Peter Wolfe offers us the first book-length study of Ellroy in English.
Chapter 1 An All-Star Cast of Ruffians Chapter 2 Ghostly Visitations Chapter 3 The Art of Attack Chapter 4 A Cosmology with Mirrors Chapter 5 Riding a Nightmare with Crazy Lloyd Chapter 6 Back-door Justice on the Killing Fields: The L.A. Quartet Chapter 7 An All-Star Criminal Cast