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Bezig met laden... The Big Nowhere (origineel 1988; editie 1998)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. And thus ends the saga of the oldest book on my to-be-read pile. It has been in it for 35 years. Way back when James Ellroy did a signing in the bookstore, and I bought a hardback copy to read later. Little did I know that would be 35 years. It was just okay for me and I guess that was part of the problem. Every time I picked it up to read it didn't grab me like The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential did. This time I made myself finish and I am glad I did but man, it was a long journey. ( ) Los Ángeles, años cincuenta. Tres hombres se ven atrapados en una tupida red de ambiciones, perversión y mentiras: Danny Upshaw, ayudante del sheriff y punto de mira de intereses ajenos; Mal Considine, fiscal del distrito que intenta promocionarse profesionalmente y poner orden a su vida privada; Meeks, ex narco y hombre fiel a un único dios: el dinero. Por motivos distintos, los tres se verán vinculados a un grupo de comunistas entre los que un sádico asesino ha sembrado el pánico. Por motivos distintos, los tres habrán savado billete para una pesadilla. James Ellroy is the only crime fiction writer that I've found to live up to the high quality of writing standard that Dashiell Hammett & [b:Raymond Chandler|2052|The Big Sleep|Raymond Chandler|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AGA624Z5L._SL75_.jpg|1222673] set 50 yrs earlier. I didn't learn about him until July, 2007 & I then proceeded to read every bk of his I cd find in quick succession. Admittedly, the brutality of his obssessions was too much for me eventually - I'm glad I'm not him. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Los Angeles, 1950 Red crosscurrents: the Commie Scare and a string of brutal mutilation killings. Gangland intrigue and Hollywood sleaze. Three cops caught in a hellish web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff's deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they're his chance to make his name as a cop...and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.'s Bureau brass. He's climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted son, a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe. Buzz Meeks-bagman, ex-Narco goon, and pimp for Howard Hughes-is fighting communism for the money. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare. (100,000 words) 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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