More summer reading....L.A. Noir....James Ellroy...
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This book is a compilation of three novels by James Ellroy involving the same characters. I learned of this book from the introduction of a another book deemed a "noir" classic. For years I've read Ellroy's non-fiction pieces in a variety of magazines and started off reading his fiction with L.A. Confidential. For those familiar with Ellroy's writing style(s), the most impressive thing about the first novel in the L.A. Noir trilogy, Blood on the Moon, 1982, is what a good writer he really is. In his later stuff Ellroy's writing is sort of morphs into what I'd call a "slam-bam" nature. Blood on the Moon is really a good start. Another interesting thing is in the introduction, Ellroy writes he wrote the first novel before he came across Thomas Harris' Red Dragon (another great summer novel) and that after reading that, he was determined to do as well as Harris. I'm looking forward to reading these next two tales by Ellroy.
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This book is a compilation of three novels by James Ellroy involving the same characters. I learned of this book from the introduction of a another book deemed a "noir" classic. For years I've read Ellroy's non-fiction pieces in a variety of magazines and started off reading his fiction with L.A. Confidential. For those familiar with Ellroy's writing style(s), the most impressive thing about the first novel in the L.A. Noir trilogy, Blood on the Moon, 1982, is what a good writer he really is. In his later stuff Ellroy's writing is sort of morphs into what I'd call a "slam-bam" nature. Blood on the Moon is really a good start. Another interesting thing is in the introduction, Ellroy writes he wrote the first novel before he came across Thomas Harris' Red Dragon (another great summer novel) and that after reading that, he was determined to do as well as Harris. I'm looking forward to reading these next two tales by Ellroy.
