Beschreibung:
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is a study of all of Ellroy's key works, from his debut novel Brown's Requiem to the epic Underworld USA trilogy. This book traces the development of Ellroy's writing style and the importance of his Demon Dog persona to carving out his unique place in American crime fiction.
Introduction1. Lee Earle Ellroy and the Avon Novels2. The Lloyd Hopkins Novels: Ellroy's Displaced Romantic3. James Ellroy, Jean Ellroy and Elizabeth Short: The Demon Dog and Transmogrification in The Black Dahlia4. Developing Noir: The Los Angeles Quartet5. The Narrative of Secret Histories in the Underworld USA TrilogyBibliography