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Living in the Past

This Storm by James Ellroy

June 20, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

I met James Ellroy when purchasing this book at a book signing. I was nervous, having heard plenty of stories about his uncouth behavior in public. But he was actually quite nice and gracious with his time. It seems to me that once he rides out his initial wave of anxiety and gets comfortable in a situation, he’s fine. Both of us being Lutheran, we joked about the great Martin Luther; he of course appreciating Luther’s vulgarity towards the Pope. Ellroy makes it clear that […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: espionage, historical fiction, James Ellroy, LA Quartet, los angeles, This Storm, World War II

Jake's CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: espionage, historical fiction, James Ellroy, LA Quartet, los angeles, This Storm, World War II ·
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An Entertaining Mess

December 12, 2018 by Jake Leave a Comment

To conclude his first LA Quartet, James Ellroy goes back to his roots a little: the entirety of this book is told in the first person as opposed to the shifting points-of-view we usually get from his other stuff. The result is as my headline says: an entertaining mess. When reading the first few chapters, I was relieved to only have to follow one character’s motives instead of three or four. But as with the rest of his books, the plotting here is dense and […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: historical fiction, James Ellroy, LA Quartet, los angeles, mystery, White Jazz

Jake's CBR10 Review No:56 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: historical fiction, James Ellroy, LA Quartet, los angeles, mystery, White Jazz ·
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