In a message dated 2/7/06 3:25:28 PM,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net writes:
> I agree about White Jazz, but I think it's a
one-of-a-kind that can't be
> followed up on. Not even by Ellroy
himself. The distinctive style that
> was the perfect vehicle for that story quickly
become nothing but a set
> of stylistic tics and shtick. By American
Tabloid, only one novel
> later, it was nothing but self-parody.
>
I was still riding the wave all the way thru American
Tabloid. but I fell off the board with The Cold Six
Thousand
John Lau
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