--- Nathan Cain <
IndieCrime@gmail.com> wrote:
> I did like it, but I do think Ellroy jumped
the
> shark a while back
> when he started writing about his divorce and how
he
> was obsessed with
> writing the greatest crime novel ever, and his
dead
> mother and blah
> blah blah. His shtick has gotten old, if you ask
me.
> He's become
> tedious.
****************************************************** I know
what you mean. Still, in my estimation, his best book to date
is easily MY DARK PLACES. I think the guy has a major book in
him yet. I don't know if he needs to get over the things that
happen to him personally, or whether he has to put them in
perspective so he can write about them objectively as he did
in MDP. I love the style and atmosphere he evokes in all his
books. I'm always disappointed in the resolutions of his
novels. How can a story as good as Ellroy's THE BLACK DAHLIA
fail so badly in the end. Whatever happend to Elizabeth
Short, I'm absolutely certain that was not it. As tedious as
Dunne's TRUE CONFESSIONS is, his resolution is closer to what
must have happened than Ellroy's. Nonetheless, Ellroy has a
great gift for language and imagery. He'll get it right one
of these days and blow everyone's socks off. I'll keep
reading just in case.
Patrick King
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