the one that hit me hardest (i loved all of the LA quartet
but hated AMERICAN TABLOID) was THE BIG NOWHERE. i didn't
sleep for three nights because of that book: 2 i spent
reading it, the 3rd i spent lying in bed, haunted by the
book's ending. the story is sort of uncontained and
absolutely powerful-- there are times when it threatens to go
too far, but in mind ellroy manages to always stay just this
side of believable. it really is a phenomenal work.
martha
sakana@swbell.net <mailto:
sakana@swbell.net>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca [mailto:
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca]On
> Behalf Of Carrie Pruett
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:38 AM
> To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Ellroy
>
>
> I'm curious, with the recent discussion of the LA
Quartet books,
> if I should
> give Ellroy another try. I read "LA Confidential" a
few years ago after
> loving the film, and though I liked a lot of things
about the
> book, it left
> a bad taste in my mouth. I thought the story was
good, but the stylized
> writing, rather cartoonish characterizations, and
the humorless,
> moralizing
> tone that seemed to be behind the whole exercise was
too much. So - if I
> felt that way about LAC, will I probably feel that
way about all of the
> books? I've heard "Black Dahlia" mentioned the most
often, is
> that the best
> one to start back with?
>
> Carrie
>
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