Hollywood Nocturnes

By Ellroy, James

Publishers Summary:
Presents an afterword and six stories that take place in Los Angeles from 1947 to 1959, the same crime-ridden, sex-crazed period of history as his L.A. Quartet novels, which include The Big Nowhere.

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ISBN
978-1-88340-254-9
Publisher
Scribner Book Company


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Library Journal

Reviewed on May 15, 1994

The night is a central character of this aptly titled collection. Set mainly in the 1940s and 1950s, the stories are populated by cops, criminals, floozies, hustlers, and zootsuited wiseguys who bring to mind black-and-white B movies and yellowed Police Gazettes. The hero of the longest piece is Dick C...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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