My Dark Places
A L.A. Crime Memoir
$28.69
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2010
Summary
America’s greatest crime writer investigates his mother’s murder.
On 21 June 1958, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy left her home in California. She was found strangled the next day. Her ten year-old son James had been with her estranged husband all weekend and was informed of her death on his return. Her murderer was never found, but her death had an enduring effect on her son - he spent his teens and early adult years as a wino, petty burglar and derelict.
Only later, through his obse…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099537847 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099537842 |
| Author: | James Ellroy |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Windmill Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
The outstanding American crime writer of his generation
“The outstanding American crime writer of his generation” Independent “A gripping and quite awesome form of literature” Express “Stunning…extraordinary” Observer “A tour de force of confessional writing” TLS “Ellroy proves that he is more than just a crime writer, he is one of the best and most important writers in America today” VOX
About The Author
James Ellroy
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed ‘LA Quartet’- The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz. His most recent novel, Blood’s a Rover, completes the magisterial ‘Underworld USA Trilogy’ - the first two volumes of which (American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand) were both Sunday Times bestsellers.
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