Brown's Requiem - Softcover

Ellroy, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850317436 ISBN 13: 9780850317435

Publisher: Allison & Busby, 1986

Synopsis

This is a UK trade paperback sized SC edition of the James Ellroy novel. Tight binding, no spine creasing, no rips, tears, writing or stains. Very minor signs of scuffing and wear on the outer surface of the front and back cover from storage.

About this title

Review

Before he began to remap the geography of the crime novel and venture out into the darkest noir night of them all with L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, White Jazz, and American Tabloid, James Ellroy started his career with this powerful but basically straightforward book about Los Angeles private eye Fritz Brown. At first glance, the story of an investigation into a crooked golf tournament that opens up to include arson and murder could be just another work by any one of the dozens of good writers who have used Southern California as a metaphor for the decline and fall of civilization. But behind the terse prose, astute readers will soon begin to hear something else--the increasingly loud clamor of a cry of pain that will eventually become the barely manageable madness of Ellroy's later books. --Dick Adler

About the Author

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. quartet -- The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential and White Jazz -- were international bestsellers. American Tabloid was Time's Novel of the Year in 1995; his memoir My Dark Places was Time's Best Book and a New York Times Notable book for 1996. His novel The Cold Six Thousand was a New York Times Notable Book and Los Angeles Times Best Book for 2001. He lives on the coast of California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850317436
• ISBN 13: 9780850317435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288