Ellroy

Assuming Ellroy is taking the idea of a memoir seriously and not Freying it, the guy has had one interesting life.

“Are you employed, sir?!” darkerblogistan 2009

Bear in mind that Ellroy is talking in this voice about his mother's horrific murder.

GreenCine Daily: FIFA Dispatch. 1. 2007

Reviewing The Cold Six Thousand back in 2001 I called Ellroy either our greatest obsessive writer or our most obsessive great writer, and although this novel is far more approachable than his last, the evidence of obsession is even more marked.

Engrossing obsessions 2009

Esp Black Dahlia (from the LA Quartet) because James Ellroy is one of my top 3 favourite writers and Black Dahlia one of my favourite books ever.

Archive 2006-02-01 Ben Barren 2006

Esp Black Dahlia (from the LA Quartet) because James Ellroy is one of my top 3 favourite writers and Black Dahlia one of my favourite books ever.

The James Ellroy Black Dahlia Roadster Ben Barren 2006

His story is ground zero in Ellroy's stunning vision: historical confluence as American Nightmare.

The Cold Six Thousand: Summary and book reviews of The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy. 2001

I probably wouldn't call Ellroy a comic crime writer, but yep, he can be just as funny on the page as he is in person.

What's so unfunny about crime fiction, and why? Peter Rozovsky 2010

I probably wouldn't call Ellroy a comic crime writer, but yep, he can be just as funny on the page as he is in person.

What's so unfunny about crime fiction, and why? Peter Rozovsky 2010

New Regency owns the rights to these characters and the stories, so they are pushing ahead with this new film sequel while Carnahan moves forward on the adaptation to the actual novel sequel from Ellroy which is White Jazz.

Filmstalker: L.A. Confidential 2 versus White Jazz 2007

One reviewer called her Ellroy’s “most realized female creation to date.”

Monday, Nov. 23 – The Bleat. 2009