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Bezig met laden... Hollywood Nocturnes (1994)door James Ellroy
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Probably really a two star book, but gave it an extra star on the off chance that I just wasn't in the right mood when I read it. If you've never read Ellroy before, I would not recommend this as your starting point. The stories did have a nice, pulpy feel to them, but I think short stories just are not his strength. Also, I don't really understand the title of the collection--fabulous title, but none of the stories with the possible exception of the final seemed to match what the title led me to expect. ( ) Ashamed to say, that this was my first foray into the dark world of Ellroy. It won't be the last. Not all the stories are classics (some could be left out altogether) and without a reread I would be hard pushed to name a favourite. If, like me, you're yet to read the long acclaimed master of L. A. Noir, this is as good as any place to start. A la deriva en el brumoso Hollywood de los ciencuenta, Dick Contino, un acordeonista prácticamente acabado, trata de dar un empujón a su carrera perpetrando un secuestro perfecto: el suyo propio. La historia de Contino abre este fantástico libro compuesto por seis relatos ambientados entre 1947 y 1959. Es en Los Ángeles de los cicuenta, una ciudad poblada por policías, criminales, prostitutas, estafadores, cazatalentos en busca de estrellas, rateros, comunistas ocultos y chivatos que traen a la mente películas en blanco y negro y amarillistas gacetas de sucesos. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Dig it. A famous musician-cum-draft dodger is plotting the perfect celebrity snatch- his own. An ex-con raging on revenge in High Darktown becomes a cop's worst nightmare. While chasing kidnappers, two cops stumble on an okie town as bloody as the O.K. Corral. A strongarm for Howard Hughes and mobster Mickey Cohen finds himself playing both ends against the middle, all for a murderously magnificent moll. This is L.A., Ellroy style- corrupt cops, goons with guns, rattling roadsters- and all in the staccato rhythm of the streets. "Hollywood Nocturnes" shows us the seedy side of glamorous Hollywood, laid out like a corpse in the morgue. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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