Brian wrote:
> I recall quite clearly that Buzz Meeks got shot (and
killed?) in the first
> ten pages of "The Big Nowhere" because I only read
the first twenty.
I made it to page fifty. It amazes me that Ellroy enjoys such
commercial success when a number of people who read a lot (as
we obviously do, or we wouldn't be members of this list) find
his style inaccessible. I think he's a tremendous writer. In
fact, "LA Confidential" is one of my favourite books. But I
still found it hard work. I could not, however, read "Ellroy
Takes The Piss", sorry "The Cold Six Thousand". (Al opens
book. Al scans page. Al flips page. Al says, "Aaargh." Al
wastes money.)
Al Guthrie
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