Mark Blumenthal (blumenidiot@21stcentury.net)
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:31:02 -0600
From: Paul J. Giguere wrote,
> A lot of people have mentioned James Ellroy. I have
never read Ellroy but
> the reason is that a well-read friend told me that
the books were
difficult
> to get into because of Ellroy's quirky narration,
descriptions of scenes
> are cryptic and hard to follow, and that Ellroy
seems more interested in
> style rather than the story.
I've only read his American Tabloid and found more things to
dislike than like. If I want a revisionist view of the
Kennedy years I would read an account by an unbiased
historian not by an avowedly very conservative hb author.
It's very hard for me to like a a book whose protagonists and
most major characters are morally bereft.
He is an engrossing author. I read the 600+ page book very
quickly. He has cute spins such as claiming that that there
was nothing between Marilyn Monroe and JFK. It was a rumor
spread to keep J Edgar Hoover and the FBI concentrating on
that rather than paying attention from what was going on with
the Cuban emigres.
I really liked the movie La Confidential so perhaps I should
start The Black Dahlia. Mark
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