'A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession... extraordinarily well written' The Times 'One of those rare, brilliantly written books you want to press on other people' Time Out 'A unique voice in American crime writing' Sunday Telegraph 'Turgid with passion, violence and frustration-imaginative and bizarre' Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, 10th January 1947: a beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life-
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'A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession... extraordinarily well written' The Times 'One of those rare, brilliantly written books you want to press on other people' Time Out 'A unique voice in American crime writing' Sunday Telegraph 'Turgid with passion, violence and frustration-imaginative and bizarre' Los Angeles Times
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'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' Independent

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099492160
Publisert
1999-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Arrow Books Ltd
Høyde
184 mm
Bredde
113 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed LA Quartet: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz, as well as the first two parts of his Underworld USA trilogy, American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand which were both Sunday Times bestsellers.