Of course, as I've said a few thousand times, I agree. (I
won't shut up,
will I? One note, over and over....)
I read where Ellroy said LAConfidential was too long a book,
so he was
asked to cut. Since it was exactly as he wanted it
thematically, he cut
words instead of scenes, and thus, the birth of a truly
unique style,
continued in my fave, White Jazz, then in the novella Dick
Contino's Blues
(Very "voicey" in the first person), and taking a different
track in Am.
Tabloid.
As a friend told me yesterday, who is just beginning some
Ellroy based on
my suggestions (nagging), Ellroy is also extremely funny.
Dark and blunt,
but really funny.
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