Jose wrote:
"Last week I abandoned a novel on page 200 because it had so
many I had to keep going back every couple of pages. After my
anger fizzled, I reached for the copy and started counting.
Two protagonists and 34 secondary characters, of which some
had two, even three identities. For good measure, gossip
about fifteen or so movie celebrities was incorporated into
the story. The irony of it was that the plot was interesting
and the literary quality above average. But from this author
I won't be reading another book."
So, was it Ellroy? Although most of his have more than two
protagonists, but they definitely have the cast of thousands
and movie gossip.
Mark
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