ISBN: 2702890830

[SR: 1694900], Gebundene Ausgabe, [EAN: 9780712661379], Century, Century, Book, [PU: Century], Century, The fragments of memoir, and three stories, which make up Ellroy's Destination Morg… Plus…

[SR: 1694900], Gebundene Ausgabe, [EAN: 9780712661379], Century, Century, Book, [PU: Century], Century, The fragments of memoir, and three stories, which make up Ellroy's Destination Morgue share the same high-octane nervous jabber, the same noir world of amphetamines, neon and women brutally killed. Ellroy has never entirely got over the murder of his mother--he says so a lot, but that is no reason not to believe him--or a youth of bigotry and petty crime which made him rather more likely to end up a lifer than a best seller. If, at times, he is a bit too keen to tell us how street smart he is, he has nonetheless earned much of the right to do so; pieces here about a pornography obsession or dead killers he quasi-identified with have a scary honesty to them. It is shocking that a man is prepared to say such things about anyone, let alone about himself. The novellas--collectively 'Rick Loves Donna'--anatomize the thoroughly and entertainingly unhealthy obsession across the decades of a corrupt cop for a starlet with a taste for involvement in vigilante violence. They are not quite vintage Ellroy--a little too close for that to Mickey Spillane on the one hand and the Simpson's 'Itchy and Scratchy' on the other--but they will do until his next dark mad masterpiece comes along.--Roz Kaveney, 16153910031, Reale Kriminalfälle, 16153914031, Diebstähle & Raubüberffälle, 16153911031, Entführungen & Vermisste, 16153913031, Gerichtsmedizin, 16153915031, Irreführung & Täuschung, 16153916031, Mord & Verstümmelung, 16153919031, Organisiertes Verbrechen, 16153920031, Sexuelle Übergriffe, 16153912031, Spionage, 16153921031, Wirtschaftskriminalität, 187254, Biografien & Erinnerungen, 541686, Kategorien, 186606, Bücher, 15564333031, Krimis, 15564359031, Detektivinnen, 15564343031, Gerichtsmedizin, 14166887031, Historische, 15564334031, Hobbydetektive, 15564345031, Internationales Verbrechen, 15564344031, Kommissare & Wachtmeister, 15564335031, Krimi-Anthologien, 15564349031, Krimi-Kurzgeschichten, 15564336031, Landhaus-Krimis, 15564346031, Multikulturelle Ermittler, 15564347031, Polizei, 15564348031, Private Ermittler, 15564350031, Sport, 15564358031, Traditionelle Detektive, 15564351031, Übernatürliches, 287480, Krimis & Thriller, 541686, Kategorien, 186606, Bücher, 188974, Kriminalität, 498592, Kinder- & Jugendkriminalität, 1026212, Mafia & Organisiertes Verbrechen, 498596, Soziologische Aspekte, 498598, Wirtschaft & Politik, 188956, Gesellschaft, 143, Politik & Geschichte, 541686, Kategorien, 186606, Bücher, 67216011, Populäre Belletristik, 67221011, Action & Abenteuer, 67916011, Anthologien, 67220011, Buch zum Film, 67923011, Familiensagen, 67924011, Historisch, 67223011, Horror, 67926011, Krieg, 273042011, Medizin, 273043011, Metaphysisch, 67925011, Männerabenteuer, 67219011, Märchen, 67217011, Politisch, 55229011, Religion & Esoterik, 65642011, Schwul & Lesbisch, 1322750031, Seeabenteuer, 67218011, Sport, 67927011, Western, 66034011, Belletristik, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 68925011, Krimis, 68927011, Anthologien, 68928011, Britische Detektive, 68929011, Cat Sleuths, 68932011, Historisch, 68926011, Kanadische Detektive, 68933011, Nachschlagewerke, 68931011, Roman-noir & Hard-boiled, 68934011, Serien, 68935011, Sherlock Holmes, 68936011, Weibliche Spürnasen, 68333011, Krimis & Thriller, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 69279011, Wahre Verbrechen, 69276011, Wahre Geschichten, 69028011, Sachbücher, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<

2004, ISBN: 2702890830

[SR: 791356], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780712661379], Century, Century, Book, [PU: Century], 2004-10-07, Century, Century Books Edition., The fragments of memoir, and three stories, which make u… Plus…

[SR: 791356], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780712661379], Century, Century, Book, [PU: Century], 2004-10-07, Century, Century Books Edition., The fragments of memoir, and three stories, which make up Ellroy's Destination Morgue share the same high-octane nervous jabber, the same noir world of amphetamines, neon and women brutally killed. Ellroy has never entirely got over the murder of his mother--he says so a lot, but that is no reason not to believe him--or a youth of bigotry and petty crime which made him rather more likely to end up a lifer than a best seller. If, at times, he is a bit too keen to tell us how street smart he is, he has nonetheless earned much of the right to do so; pieces here about a pornography obsession or dead killers he quasi-identified with have a scary honesty to them. It is shocking that a man is prepared to say such things about anyone, let alone about himself. The novellas--collectively 'Rick Loves Donna'--anatomize the thoroughly and entertainingly unhealthy obsession across the decades of a corrupt cop for a starlet with a taste for involvement in vigilante violence. They are not quite vintage Ellroy--a little too close for that to Mickey Spillane on the one hand and the Simpson's 'Itchy and Scratchy' on the other--but they will do until his next dark mad masterpiece comes along.--Roz Kaveney, 759224, True Crime, 496778, Mafia & Organised Crime, 276548, Murder, 759258, Police, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 270408, Mystery, 72, Crime, Thrillers & Mystery, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 270419, Thrillers, 72, Crime, Thrillers & Mystery, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<