American Noir by James Ellroy (251 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The gripping noir thriller from the bestselling author of The Last. They want the truth. They'll kill to get it. Eli and Ronnie are two lawless Brits on the road in America. Their mission is to find Trent, a guy who screwed Eli over and disappeared. But now, after forty hours driving through yellow desert, eating at lonely motels, what seemed real is no longer certain. Where did Trent stay? What did he do? Did he even exist at all? Leaving violent killings in their wake, Ronnie and Eli can do nothing except keep travelling forward. These two men are trapped in a nightmarish road trip. And they know they must confront their own personal demons before they can come home. REVIEWS FOR HANNA JAMESON'S LONDON TRILOGY: 'Jameson's taut and spare narrative complements a gripping plot with unmistakable undertones of the legends of this genre, Chandler, Ellroy, Rankin' Red. 'Jameson writes like an angel on speed. Ellroy and sometimes Rankin walk you to the dark side brilliantly. Something You Are is no less gripping, shocking and relentless' Q Magazine. 'Jameson writes in turbo-charged shorthand, her fierce, sparse prose sparking off the page. She's able to evoke a whole scene with a single detail, and she's got a gift for getting under the skin of her characters' The Book Bag. 'Caustic and energetic. Echoes of James Ellroy. Those Crazy Freeways is a literary road movie smelling of hot American tarmac and cheap motels' Guardian. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Milo Milodragovitch is a once-successful divorce lawyer, who now prefers to spend his days drinking and staring out the window. That all changes when Helen Duffy walks into his office and asks him to find her missing brother. Though it's not his usual line of work, Milo agrees to help - he needs the money, and he wants to spend more time with this beautiful woman. But this is far from a routine case, and whispers of a long-past crime haunt Milo's every move . . . 'As sweetly profane a poet as American noir could have asked for' Ian Rankin 'Like James Ellroy, he is a master of American vernacular, turning tough-guy slang into something like poetry' Independent. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Barry Forshaw is acknowledged as a leading expert on crime fiction and film. Following his books on Nordic Noir, Brit Noir and Euro Noir he now tackles the largest and, some might argue, most impressive body of crime fiction from a single country, the United States, to produce the perfect reader's guide to modern American crime fiction. The word 'Noir' is used in its loosest sense: every major living American writer is considered (including the giants Harlan Coben, Patricia Cornwell, James Lee Burke, James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky, as well as non-crime writers such as Stephen King who stray into the genre), often through a concentration on one or two key books. Many exciting new talents are highlighted, and Barry Forshaw's knowledge of - and personal acquaintance with - many of the writers, grants valuable insight into this massively popular field. But the crime genre is as much about films and TV as it is about books, and American Noir is a celebration of the former as well as the latter. US television crime drama in particular is enjoying a golden age, and all of the important current series are covered here, as well as key contemporary films. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. As new, in mylar. "The best piece of postmodern noir since Jame Ellroy's The Big Nowhere" - David Foster Wallace. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First edition Mapping the fissures and scars of America's pscyhogeography, its morally ambiguous shadowlands, Neon Noir also considers the difference between past and present hardboilers, the impact of war and journalism on noirists, the portrayal of cities, the aesthetics of crime fiction, and the changing relationship between the books and the films. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. A wonderful insight into the genre covering many of the groundbreakers from Elmore Leonard, Charles Willeford, George Higgins, James Ellroy and others.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'As vibrant, colourful and complex as South America's largest city'Sao Paulo, 2013: a city at an extraordinary moment in its history. Mario Leme, a detective in the civil police, has developed a friendship with a young English investigative journalist, Ellie. When she goes to meet a contact in central Sao Paulo, Mario observes from the street as she walks into a building and doesn't come out. Inside, he discovers the dead body of a young man he doesn't recognise, and Ellie's phone lying on the floor. Told partly from Leme's point of view, partly from Ellie's, Gringa takes us through five days during the redevelopment of the centre of Sao Paulo in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup. Ellie's disappearance links characters at every level of the social hierarchy, from the drug dealers and civil and military police to the political class she witnesses the feral brutality of urban breakdown. Gringa, with shades of Don Winslow and James Ellroy, is a portrait of Sao Paulo in all its harshness and dysfunction, its corruption and social divisions, its kaleidoscopic dynamism, its undercurrent of derangement, and its febrile, sensual instability, executed with a deep knowledge of the city's aPRAISE FOR JOE THOMAS 'Brilliant' The Times 'Feverish energy' Guardian 'Wonderfully vivid' Mail on Sunday'Sophisticated, dizzying' GQ'Vivid and visceral' The Times'Superbly realised vivid and atmospheric' Guardian'Original' Mail on Sunday'A stylish, atmospheric treat an inspired blend of David Peace and early Pinter' Irish Times 'Sparse, energetic, fragmented prose' The Spectator 'Vibrant, colourful, and complex' Irish Independent 'Stylish, sharp-witted, taut. A must for modern noir fans' NB Magazine 'Definitive confident and energetic' Crime Time 'Brilliant manic energy' Jake Arnott 'Wildly stylish and hugely entertaining' Lucy Caldwell 'Vivid, stylish, funny' Mick Herron 'Gripping, fast-paced, darkly atmospheric' Susanna Jones 'Snappy, thoughtful, moving' John King 'Exciting, fresh, incredibly assured' Stav Sherez 'Happy days!' Mark Timlin 'Utterly brilliant' Cathi Unsworth 'Had James Ellroy and David Peace collaborated on a novel they'd have written something like this' Paul Willets The second thrilling crime novel in the hardhitting Sao Paulo Quartet Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. This work is a novel about Dick Contino: Accordion virtuoso, lounge lizard, Red Scare scapegoat. On a greased slide in 1958; A show biz fatality begging to happen. Dick Contino's Blues is half nocturne, half torch song. A blast back to tailfins, disease-free promiscuity, sex killers, Commie-bashing, publicity kidnaps, and B-movie redemption--an ode to a time when love came cheap. This copy is clean and solid. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page: "SLASH. . . .". Signed by Author(s).

Taschenbuch. Kartoniert. Condition: Gut. Deutsche Erstausgabe. 278 (2) Seiten. 18 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: Hansbernd Lindemann. Guter Zustand. Klappentext: "Marty war ein seltsamer Junge, hochbegabt, blitzgescheit und ungeheuer eigenbrötlerisch. Wie ungeheuer sollte sich erst Jahre später herausstellen." Zu Beginn seiner Karriere als Krimiautor wurde James Ellroy stets mit einer Anmerkung erwähnt, die seinen betonharten Stil unterstreichen sollte. Wie das polizeiliche Führungszeugnis an einem Vorbestraften, heftet an dem Namen Ellroy ein kleiner Auszug seiner Vita: Als der 10-jährige James eines Sonntagabends von einem Wochenende bei seinem Vater mit dem Taxi vor dem Haus seiner Mutter abgesetzt wurde, sich an drei Polizeiautos vorbeischlängelte, nahm ihn ein Cop beiseite und sagte: "Son, your mother's been killed." Nach einer Laufbahn als Gelegenheitsverbrecher, Säufer und Knacki nahm sich Ellroy 20 Jahre später ein Zimmer in einer Absteige irgendwo in Hollywood und begann mit seinem ersten Roman. Ohne Schnörkel, hart wie der Asphalt, den er kennen gelernt hat, schrieb er Browns Grabgesang. Mehr oder minder in einem Stück. Mit Bleistift. Im Stehen. Nach sechs atemlos verfassten Romanen in ebenso vielen Jahren der erste Klassiker: Die schwarze Dahlie, aufbauend auf einem wirklichen, seiner Grausamkeit wegen, legendären Fall, ist der Auftakt zum L.A. Quartett, Ellroys ganz eigener Version des Kaliforniens der 40er Jahre. Das Los Angeles der Nachkriegsjahre, auf Celluloid in der Schwarzen Serie mythologisiert, in Rezensionen zu Ellroys Quartett immer als "Chandlers Los Angeles" charakterisiert, gilt seit dem Kinoerfolg von L.A. Confidential als "Ellroys L.A.". In dem Noir-Streifen der 90er, ebenso wie in Ellroys Schreibe der 80er, sind die Kulissen des Nachkriegs-Kalifornien vordergründig gar nicht so anders als bei Chandler -- nur gibt es bei Ellroy mehr Rassismus, weniger Adjektive und weniger hehre, aus dem Holz eines Philip Marlowe geschnitzte Ritter mit Moral -- entsprechend verwahrloster ist die Sprache der Protagonisten, die auch schon mal mitten in einem Roman abgeknallt werden. Statt Rittern und eindeutiger Moral tauchen bei dem selbst ernannten "Demon Dog of American Literature" Charaktere auf, die so widersprüchlich sind wie die Wirklichkeit: Howard Hughes, Cops jenseits von Gut und Böse -- und, als verstümmelte Leiche an der Ecke 39th und Norton, die schwarze Dahlie. Schon 1987, als Ellroy Die Schwarze Dahlie vorlegte, seiner Mutter gewidmet, wurde sein vierter Roman, Blut auf dem Mond, von James B. Harris unter dem Titel Cop verfilmt. Der dritte Eckpfeiler des L.A. Quartetts, Stadt der Teufel, inzwischen geläufig als L.A. Confidential hat in seiner Filmversion für mehr Wirbel gesorgt. Während Knacki-Autor Edward Bunker an einer verfilmbaren Fassung von Hügel der Selbstmörder schnitzt, wetzt und feilt, haben sich die Studios Hollywoods bereits die Rechte an den anderen Assen des L.A. Quartetts gesichert: Das Coda, White Jazz, soll von Nick Nolte produziert, das Drehbuch von Ellroy geschrieben werden; die Rechte an Blutschatten hat sich United Artists gesichert, und Die schwarze Dahlie soll für April Connexion Films von David Fincher (Se7en) aufgearbeitet werden. Abseits der Fiktion erschienen Mitte der 90er Ein amerikanischer Thriller, der Auftakt zu einem als Trilogie geplanten historischen Krimis, sowie Die Rothaarige, in dem sich der Mann, der vor keinem Marketingtrick zurückschreckt, auf die Jagd nach dem nach wie vor nicht identifizierten Mörder seiner Mutter macht. "Ellroys Romane beginnen da, wo die Recherchen der Polizei nicht mehr weiterführen, und wenn sie dann enden, sind die Morde zwar geklärt, aber nichts wird dadurch besser." - James Ellroy (* 4. März 1948 in Los Angeles) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Seine Kriminalromane sind Bestseller. Ellroy beschreibt mit Vorliebe die dunklen Seiten der US-amerikanischen Gesellschaft. Seine Romane zeichnen sich durch einen lakonischen Sprachgestus, eine dichte Handlung und eine gründlich pessimistische Weltsicht aus. Leben: Als Ellroy zehn Jahre alt war, wurde seine Mutter erdrosselt aufgefunden. Fast vierzig Jahre später recherchierte er den Fall intensiv nach und schrieb darüber das Buch My Dark Places (Die Rothaarige), das auch eine Art Autobiographie von Ellroys frühen Jahren darstellt. Ellroy verbrachte Nächte auf Parkbänken, war alkoholabhängig und über 30-mal kurz im Gefängnis. Er hörte 1975 mit dem Trinken auf und 1977 mit den Drogen. Im Alter von 31 Jahren begann er seinen ersten Roman (Browns Grabgesang) in einem schäbigen Hotelzimmer zu schreiben (der Legende nach im Stehen). Ellroy, der Kriminalromane in großer Menge gelesen hatte, setzte sich zum Ziel, der größte Kriminalautor aller Zeiten" zu werden. Seine erklärten Vorbilder sind Dashiell Hammett, Joseph Wambaugh sowie Raymond Chandler und Ross Macdonald. James Ellroy ist zwei Mal geschieden und hatte in den letzten Jahren einen Nervenzusammenbruch auf einer Buchtour. . Über die aufgeführten Titel hinaus erschienen von James Ellroy mehrere Bücher mit Erzählungen und Kurzgeschichten. 1996 erschien mit My Dark Places (deutsch: Die Rothaarige) ein weiterer vielbeachteter Titel. Die Information, dass ein Journalist beabsichtigte, die Geschichte von Ellroys ermordeter Mutter erneut auszugraben, hatte den Schriftsteller 1994 dazu veranlasst, eigene Vor-Ort-Recherchen in Angriff zu nehmen. Zusammen mit dem pensionierten Polizisten Bill Stoner trug Ellroy neue Unterlagen, Zeugenaussagen, Fakten und Indizien zusammen. Zwar war wie er 2010 in The Hilliker Curse selbstkritisch bekannte die Chance, den Täter nach dreißig Jahren ausfindig zu machen, denkbar gering. Mit den als Mischung aus Autobiografie und Reportage präsentierten Ergebnissen lieferte Ellroy nicht nur eine Verbrechensdokumentation in eigener Sache. Die Rothaarige war darüber hinaus auch ein Versuch, postum seiner Mutter Gerechtigkeit und Würde angedeihen zu lassen. In einem Interview äußerte er sich über seine Motive, die Geschichte seiner Mutter in die.

french édition - l'article peut présenter de légères marques de stockage d'usure ou de frottement sur arrêtes mais reste en bon état. Envoi rapide et soigné dans enveloppe à bulles depuis France. poche. 2010. Broché. 950 pages. Le 22 novembre 1963 le jeune Wayne Tedrow policier de Las Vegas débarque à Dallas Texas. Pour le compte de la mafia il est chargé d'abattre le maquereau noir Wendell Durfee qui a agressé le donneur de cartes d'une partie de 21 et crevé l'?il d'un autre joueur. Wayne doit recevoir l'assistance d'un flic local Maynard D. Moore membre du Ku Klux Klan. Mais celui-ci est surexcité car son collègue Jefferson Tippit a été tué par un certain Lee Harvey Oswald qu'on accuse d'avoir assassiné peu avant le président J.F. Kennedy en visite dans la ville. L'attentat commandité par un parrain de la drogue Carlos Marcello a nécessité plusieurs intervenants parmi lesquels Mesplède un tireur d'élite français. Oswald qui dans le plan devait être abattu par Tippit est arrêté et devient une menace pour les organisateurs. L'avocat de Carlos Ward J. Littel doit superviser l'enquête pour Edgar Hoover son ex-patron du FBI. Sur place il retrouve son vieux compère l'ex-flic Pete Bondurant. Les deux hommes font pression sur Jack Ruby patron d'une boîte de nuit pour qu'il assassine Oswald. Second volet de la trilogie Underworld USA American Death Trip débute par l'assassinat du président Kennedy et s'achève avec celui de son frère Bobby. Ce récit puissant animé par les personnages centraux d'American Tabloid mélange fiction et réalité pour démythifier la politique américaine des années soixante le conflit du Vietnam et ses divers trafics. Avec une écriture épurée au maximum James Ellroy mène sa narration à un rythme effréné tout en véhiculant une foule d'informations. Une fresque époustouflante ! --Claude Mesplède. Bon état.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Private eye Felix Strange doesn't work homicide cases. He saw enough dead bodies fighting in Iran, a war that left him with a crippling disease that has no name and no cure. So when Strange is summoned to a Manhattan hotel room to investigate the dead body of America's most-loved preacher, he'd rather not get involved. Strange has a week to find the killer, and even less time to get the black-market medicine he needs to stay alive. In an America where biblical prophecy is foreign policy, Strange knows that his hiring is no accident. He can't see all the angles, and he knows he's being watched. In a race against time Strange must face religious police, organized crime and a dame with very particular ideas, while uncovering a conspiracy that reaches the very heart of his newly fundamentalist nation. One of the most stunningly original debut crime novels ever written, The First Stone is both an epic of the imagination and an action-packed mystery set in a time and place too chillingly close to our own. It is the first in an ambitious trilogy that pays homage to the genius of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy, while offering a wholly original take on the noir genre. New York Noir meets the Ten Commandments in action-packed mystery story Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination--in the underworld that connects Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C. . . . Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles, and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . . Where the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a moment of a man's loyalty . . . Where three renegade law-enforcement officers--a former L.A. cop and two FBI agents--are shaping events with the virulence of their greed and hatred, riding full-blast shotgun into history. . . .James Ellroy's trademark nothing-spared rendering of reality, blistering language, and relentless narrative pace are here in electrifying abundance, put to work in a novel as shocking and daring as anything he's written: a secret history that zeroes in on a time still shrouded in secrets and blows it wide open. We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination — in the underworld that connects Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C. . . . Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles, and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . . Where the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a moment of a man's loyalty . . . Where three renegade law-enforcement officers — a former L.A. cop and two FBI agents — are shaping events with the virulence of their greed and hatred, riding full-blast shotgun into history. . . . James Ellroy's trademark nothing-spared rendering of reality, blistering language, and relentless narrative pace are here in electrifying abundance, put to work in a novel as shocking and daring as anything he's written: a secret history that zeroes in on a time still shrouded in secrets and blows it wide open. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: Nuevo. Libro NUEVO. Navona Ficciones. Edición de James Ellroy y Otto Penzler. Introducción de James Ellroy. Traducción de Enrique de Hériz. Incluye faja promocional. Lucia Santa abandona su Italia natal y emigra a Estados Unidos para labrarse un futuro mejor. En Nueva York, donde la espera su flamante esposo, deberá hacer frente a una vida marcada por la pobreza y la desdicha. ANTES DE HACER EL PEDIDO DEBE LEER LAS CONDICIONES DE PAGO Y ENVÍO DE LA LIBRERÍA. Size: 331 pp. 23 x 15 cm, 562 gr.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a riveting and explosive masterpiece of political crime fiction that deserves to share the shelf with AMERICAN TABLOID, THE POWER OF THE DOG and A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS, and confirms Joe Thomas as one of our very best contemporary crime writers.' David Peace'Complex and compelling, and shot through with moments of horror and beauty, BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a magnificent achievement.' The Times Crime Club'Fans of Don Winslow and James Ellroy's epic forays into the societal effects of systematic dysfunction and corruption will want to check this out' Publishers WeeklyBrazil, 1 January 2003: President Luis Inacio 'Lula' da Silva begins fifteen years of left-wing government. 1 January 2019: Jair Bolsonaro is inaugurated, a president of the populist right. How did it come to this? A blockbusting novel of our times, Brazilian Psycho introduces and completes Joe Thomas's acclaimed Sao Paulo quartet. Over sixteen years, a diverse cast of characters live through the unfolding social and political drama, setting in motion a whirlwind of plots and counterplots: the murder of a British school headmaster and the consequent cover-up; the chaos and score-settling of the PCC drug gang rebellion over the Mothers' Day weekend of 2006; a copycat serial killer; the secret international funding of nationwide anti-government protests; the bribes, kickbacks and shakedowns of the Mensalao and Lava Jato political corruption scandals, the biggest in Brazilian historyBrazilian Psycho weaves social crime fiction, historical fact, and personal experience to record the radical tale of one of the world's most fascinating, glamorous, corrupt, violent, and thrilling cities. PRAISE FOR JOE THOMAS 'Brilliant' The Times 'Feverish energy' Guardian 'Wonderfully vivid' Mail on Sunday'Sophisticated, dizzying' GQ'Vivid and visceral' The Times'Superbly realised vivid and atmospheric' Guardian'Original' Mail on Sunday'A stylish, atmospheric treat an inspired blend of David Peace and early Pinter' Irish Times 'Sparse, energetic, fragmented prose' The Spectator 'Vibrant, colourful, and complex' Irish Independent 'Stylish, sharp-witted, taut. A must for modern noir fans' NB Magazine 'Definitive confident and energetic' Crime Time 'Brilliant man A blockbusting novel of our times, Brazilian Psycho introduces and completes Joe Thomas's acclaimed Sao Paulo quartet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In a wildly careening plot that can only be described as crack noir, two pipeheads accidentally steal a photo of George W. Bush's presidential package and decide to blackmail the Republican Party. Before the crack-crazed thieves can follow through, however, gorgeous, whip-smart Nurse Tina, who's just offed her husband with a bowl of Drano-laced Lucky Charms, absconds with the goods. When Manny Rubert, a scarred ex-junkie turned codeine-popping detective, is called in to investigate the "foamer" hubby's untimely demise, love hits him like a wrench to the head. Soon Manny and Tina are making plans of their own for the presidential pie -- and for their future together. But the meddling police chiefs and motel room sex-change surgeons of the world just won't leave them alone. And then there are those killer crackheads, still out there and closing in. James Ellroy calls him the American hipster bard. In "Plainclothes Naked, " the darkly satiric author of "Permanent Midnight" and "Perv--A Love Story" turns his twisted wit, imagination, and no-holds-barred approach to the detective novel. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Couverture souple. Condition: Assez bon. éditions Rivages / noir - Rivages / Thriller les tranches sont un peu défraîchies, bon état par ailleurs - Envoi rapide, soigné.

paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. 1st edition. New York. 1999. Serpent's Tail. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 1852425474. 256 pages. paperback. Signed by the Author. keywords: Mystery Noir Literary Criticism. FROM THE PUBLISHER - NEON NOIR, the follow-up to Woody Haut's highly regarded PULP CULTURE, brings the story of American crime fiction and the related films up to date. From the Kennedy assassination to the Vietnam War and Watergate, through Reaganomics to Irangate and Whitewater, NEON NOIR is a roller-coaster ride through the American nightmare. Haut investigates the dark side of America through the work of writers such as James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosley, James Lee Burke, Lawrence Block, James Sallis, George P. Pelecanos, Charles Willeford, Jerome Charyn, Sara Paretsky, Vicki Hendricks, KC Constantine, George V Higgins and James Crumley. inventory #28076.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.A rip-roaring, devilishly wild ride through the bloody end of the 1960's. It's dark baby, and hot hot hot. Martin Luther King assassinated. Robert Kennedy assassinated. Los Angeles, 1968. Conspiracies theories are taking hold. On the horizon looms the Democratic Convention in Chicago and constant gun fire peppers south L.A. Violence, greed, and grime, are replacing free-love and everybody from Howard Hughes, Richard Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover to the right-wing assassins and left-wing revolutionaries are getting dirty. At the center of it all is a triumvirate: the presidents strong-arm goon, an ex-cop and heroine runner, and a private eye whose quarry is so dangerous she could set off the whole powder keg. With his trademark deadly staccato prose, James Ellroy holds nothing back in this wild, startling and much anticipated conclusion to his Underworld USA trilogy. Political noir as only Ellroy can write it, "Blood's A Rover" is a novel of astonishing depth and scope, a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love. Set in the tumultuous year of 1968, this novel is the largest and greatest work of fiction by an American master--the wild, startling and much-anticipated conclusion to his Underworld USA trilogy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Hardcover. Condition: Black spine / plum boards. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Not Price Clipped (25.95). First Printing of the First Edition. New York:: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Fine condition in bright, shiny Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "THE BLACK DAHLIA, THE BIG NOWHERE, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, WHITE JAZZ, AMERICAN TABLOID James Ellroy's high-velocity, best-selling novels have redefined noir for our age, propelling us within inches of the dark realities of America's recent history. Now, in THE COLD SIX THOUSAND, his most ambitious and explosive novel yet -- he puts the whole of the 1960s under his blistering lens. The result is a work of fierce, epic fiction, a speedball through our most tumultuous time. It begins in Dallas. November 22, 1963. The heart of the American Dream detonated. Wayne Tedrow Jr., a young Vegas cop, arrives with a loathsome job to do. He's got $6,000 in cash and no idea that he is about to plunge into the cover-up conspiracy already brewing around Kennedy's assassination, no idea that this will mark the beginning of a hellish five-year ride through the private underbelly of public policy. Ellroy's furiously paced narrative tracks Tedrow's ride: Dallas back to Vegas, with the Mob and Howard Hughes, south with the Klan and J. Edgar Hoover, shipping out to Vietnam and returning home, the bearer of white powder, plotting new deaths as 1968 approaches Tedrow stands witness -- as the icons of an iconic era mingle with cops, killers, hoods, and provocateurs. His story is ground zero in Ellroy's stunning vision: historical confluence as American Nightmare. THE COLD SIX THOUSAND is a masterpiece.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Black spine / plum boards/DJ Not Price Clipped (25.95). 8vo. 677pp. .

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.In this savagely audacious novel, James Ellroy plants a pipe bomb under the America in the 1960s, lights the fuse, and watches the shrapnel fly. On November 22, 1963 three men converge in Dallas. Their job: to clean up the JFK hits loose ends and inconvenient witnesses. They are Wayne Tedrow, Jr., a Las Vegas cop with family ties to the lunatic right; Ward J. Littell, a defrocked FBI man turned underworld mouthpiece; and Pete Bondurant, a dope-runner and hit-man who serves as the mobs emissary to the anti-Castro underground.It goes bad from there. For the next five years these night-riders run a whirlwind of plots and counter-plots: Howard Hughess takeover of Vegas, J. Edgar Hoovers war against the civil rights movement, the heroin trade in Vietnam, and the murders of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. Wilder than L. A. Confidential, more devastating than American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand establishes Ellroy as one of our most fearless novelists. Continuing the audacious fictional counter-history that he began in "American Tabloid, " the demon dog of American literature reimagines the bloody events that erupted in Dallas on November 22, 1963, and culminated five years later in the bookend assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: OKAZ. 24 février 1964 7h16 du matin à Los Angeles. Attaque d'un fourgon blindé de la Wells Fargo. Quatre convoyeurs abattus. Trois braqueurs morts, le quatrième a pris la fuite en emportant seize sacs de billets de banque et quatorze mallettes remplies d'émeraudes. C'est sur ce braquage, disséqué avec une maestria éblouissante que s'ouvre Underworld USA, dernier volet de la trilogie commencée avec American Tabloid (1995) et American Death Trip (2001). Le narrateur reste dans l'ombre. Il a "suivi des gens, posé des micros et mis des téléphones sur écoute, suivi les événements par ellipses." Il nous prévient: "Ce livre est instruit sur des documents publics détournés, des journaux intimes dérobés, la somme de mon expérience personnelle et quarante années d'études approfondies." Le récit lui-même peut alors commencer, suite directe d'American Death Trip. Eté 1968: Martin Luther King et Robert Kennedy ont été les victimes de conspirations meurtrières. La Convention démocrate de Chicago est sabotée par des escadrons de nervis spécialistes en coups fourrés. Les militants noirs se préparent à l'insurrection dans les quartiers sud de Los Angeles. Le FBI, sous la houlette de J. Edgar Hoover, utilise tous les moyens pour les infiltrer, les diffamer et les détruire. Howard s'est fait escroquer dans le rachat des casinos de Las Vegas par la mafia. Et, à la croisée de tous ces événements, le Destin a placé trois hommes: -Dwight Holly est l'exécuteur des basses oeuvres de Hoover, dont les décisions sont dictées par un racisme viscéral et une méfiance maladive envers l'administration du nouveau président Richard Nixon. -Wayne Tedrow, ancien flic et trafiquant d'héroïne, cherche à instaurer un empire mafieux en installant une chaîne de casinos en République Dominicaine. -Don Crutchfield, jeune détective privé, voyeur obsédé par les femmes, est chargé par un nostalgique du nazisme de retrouver Gretchen Farr, dont la spécialité est de dépouiller ses nombreux amants. Son enquête l'amènera à évoluer entre des assassins d'extrême droite, des révolutionnaires d'extrême gauche et des "power mongers". Dwight, Wayne, Don: leurs vies s'entrechoquent sur la piste de Joan Rosen Klein, la "Déesse rouge", et chacun d'entre eux paiera "un tribut élevé et cruel à l'Histoire en marche".En 131 chapitres, répartis en cinq parties au titre aussi évocateur que provocateur ("Bordel organisé", "Fouteurs de merde", "Zone zombie", "Cartel de moricauds", "Flingue sans pedigree" et "Camarade Joan") et plus de 800 pages, Underworld USA est la flamboyante conclusion d'une trilogie qui a placé James Ellroy au rang des "plus grands écrivains américains d'aujourd'hui" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) Roman noir et politique, ce livre reconstruit les années les plus tourmentées de l'Amérique du XXe siècle, avec une largeur de vision et une profondeur stupéfiantes. C'est, une fois de plus, une histoire de corruption et de rétribution, d'idéaux en guerre et d'amours vécues à l'extrême. Comme le conclut le narrateur, "c'est une histoire qui est là en permanence. Elle n'en finit pas de se dérouler." C'est tout simplement l'Histoire vue et racontée par James Ellroy. - Nombre de page(s) : 1 vol. (840 p.) - Poids : 928g - Langue : fre - Genre : Policier / Thriller grand format Rivages-thriller.

Paperback. Condition: OKAZ. Ellroy, le roi du polar, auteur aussi de L. A Confidential ou American Tabloïd, n'en finit pas de remuer la boue avec cette intuition fulgurante de la corruption qui ronge toute entière la société américaine dont les citoyens ne sont que des laissés pour compte d'un libéralisme sauvage gangrenant tous les systèmes. Le dahlia noir est un livre-culte où apparaît la figure d'une mère assassinée. Génial. - Nombre de page(s) : 472 p. - Poids : 0g - Langue : fre - Genre : Policier / Thriller format poche Rivages-noir.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (xii) 400 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Over Again by Joyce Carol Oates; The Snail Watcher by Patricia Highsmith; Dealer's Choice by Sara Paretsky; Soft Monkey by Harlan Ellison; A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor; The Ultimate Caper by Donald E. Westlake; The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Devices and Desires by P. D. James; The Merciful Angel of Death by Lawrence Block; Ishmael by Joe Gores; Cain by Andrew Vachss; Chee's Witch by Tony Hillerman; The Parker Shotgun by Sue Grafton; Pig Latin by Clarice Lispector; Fathers and Daughters by Laura Grimaldi; The Moment Before the Gun Went Off by Nadine Gordimer; The Werewolf by Angela Carter; The Watts Lions by Walter Mosley; Just Say No by Roger L. Simon; In the Bronx by Don Delillo; Goldfish by Didier Daeninckx; Cathedral by Raymond Carver; The Summer of '37 by Julian Semionov; No Radio by Mickey Friedman; Mafia Western by Leonardo Sciascia; Manufacture of a Legend by Paco Ignacio Taibo ll; The King by Isaac Babel; The Lae of the Eye by Pieke Biermann; Cities and the Dead by Italo Calvino; Gravy Train by James Ellroy; Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borges; Nicholas in Exile by Herbert Gold; Captain Blood by Donald Barthelme; Mirror Girl by William Bayer; The Man Who Hated Books by Stuart M. Kaminsky; Martyrdom by Yukio Mishima; Missionary Stew by Ross Thomas; The Casebook of Dr. Billingsgate by Eric Wright; Imagine This by George C. Chesbro; A Boy and His Dog by Manuel Vasquez Montalban; I Spy by Graham Greene; and Little Leo by Jerome Charyn. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. 'BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a riveting and explosive masterpiece of political crime fiction that deserves to share the shelf with AMERICAN TABLOID, THE POWER OF THE DOG and A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS, and confirms Joe Thomas as one of our very best contemporary crime writers.' David Peace'Complex and compelling, and shot through with moments of horror and beauty, BRAZILIAN PSYCHO is a magnificent achievement.' The Times Crime Club'Fans of Don Winslow and James Ellroy's epic forays into the societal effects of systematic dysfunction and corruption will want to check this out' Publishers WeeklyBrazil, 1 January 2003: President Luis Inacio 'Lula' da Silva begins fifteen years of left-wing government. 1 January 2019: Jair Bolsonaro is inaugurated, a president of the populist right. How did it come to this? A blockbusting novel of our times, Brazilian Psycho introduces and completes Joe Thomas's acclaimed Sao Paulo quartet. Over sixteen years, a diverse cast of characters live through the unfolding social and political drama, setting in motion a whirlwind of plots and counterplots: the murder of a British school headmaster and the consequent cover-up; the chaos and score-settling of the PCC drug gang rebellion over the Mothers' Day weekend of 2006; a copycat serial killer; the secret international funding of nationwide anti-government protests; the bribes, kickbacks and shakedowns of the Mensalao and Lava Jato political corruption scandals, the biggest in Brazilian history. Brazilian Psycho weaves social crime fiction, historical fact, and personal experience to record the radical tale of one of the world's most fascinating, glamorous, corrupt, violent, and thrilling cities. PRAISE FOR JOE THOMAS 'Brilliant' The Times 'Feverish energy' Guardian 'Wonderfully vivid' Mail on Sunday'Sophisticated, dizzying' GQ'Vivid and visceral' The Times'Superbly realised vivid and atmospheric' Guardian'Original' Mail on Sunday'A stylish, atmospheric treat an inspired blend of David Peace and early Pinter' Irish Times 'Sparse, energetic, fragmented prose' The Spectator 'Vibrant, colourful, and complex' Irish Independent 'Stylish, sharp-witted, taut. A must for modern noir fans' NB Magazine 'Definitive confident and energetic' Crime Time 'Brilliant m A blockbusting novel of our times, Brazilian Psycho introduces and completes Joe Thomas's acclaimed Sao Paulo quartet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Trade Paper. Nice copy inscribed by David Morrell on front endpaper. Morrell, whose first book, First Blood was made into the film Rambo wrote one of the stories in this collection. Bright, clean copy that appears unread. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author of One of the Stories.