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James Ellroy

Born

in Los Angeles, California, The United States

March 04, 1948

Website

https://www.jamesellroy.net/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

Influences

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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) and L.A. Confidential (1990).

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Perfidia at Mark Taper Auditorium

September 09, 2014 7:15 pm

Venue:Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library
630 W. Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071

Ellroy, one of America’s greatest living crime writers, draws on the history of Los Angeles in his newest novel, Perfidia. Together with Walter Kirn, author of a recent riveting take on a Los Angeles cold case, Ellroy uncovers a corrupt city under the shadow of Pearl Harbor, where the inve

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Average rating: 3.91 · 259,228 ratings · 12,901 reviews · 150 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 99,877 ratings — published 1987 — 200 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 40,433 ratings — published 1990 — 152 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) 4.19 avg rating — 24,389 ratings — published 1995 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 19,035 ratings — published 1988 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 10,262 ratings — published 1992 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cold Six Thousand (Underworld USA #2) 4.03 avg rating — 8,531 ratings — published 2001 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Dark Places 3.84 avg rating — 7,762 ratings — published 1996 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood's a Rover (Underworld USA, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 5,751 ratings — published 2009 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfidia (Second L.A. Quartet #1) 3.63 avg rating — 5,412 ratings — published 2014 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clandestine 3.73 avg rating — 4,383 ratings — published 1982 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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L.A. Quartet (4 books)
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Second L.A. Quartet (2 books)
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