L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential (1990) is neo-noir crime novel by James Ellroy, and the third of his L.A. Quartet series. The story is about Los Angeles policemen during the 1950s who are involved with a mixture of lies, sex, corruption, and murder following a mass murder at the Nite Owl coffee shop. The story eventually encompasses organized crime, political corruption, heroin, pornography, prostitution, tabloid journalism, institutional racism, plastic surge... more

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James Ellroy

James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948) is an American crime writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" prose style of his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences. For instance: They sent...

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