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On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia — and so begins the greatest manhunt in California history.

Caught up in the investigation are Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard: Warrants Squad cops, friends, and rivals in love with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahlia — driven by dark needs to know everything about her past, to capture her killer, to possess the woman even in death. Their quest will take them on a hellish journey through the underbelly of postwar Hollywood, to the core of the dead girl's twisted life, past the extremes of their own psyches — into a region of total madness.

Review:

"Building like a symphony, this is a wonderful, complicated but accessible tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit, with the perfect setting of booming, postwar Los Angeles." Publishers Weekly

Review:

"In his best book, Ellroy fictionalizes the notorious true story of the murder of a Los Angeles whore (literally sliced in two), using the poor girl as a psychic stand-in for the novelist's own murdered mother." Salon.com

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"High-intensity prose. Reading it aloud could shatter your wineglasses." Elmore Leonard

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"Turgid with passion, violence, and frustration...imaginative and bizarre." Los Angeles Times

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"A riveting 1940s noir Hollywood setting, full of period flavor and investigative detail." Boston Herald

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"Ellroy distills the introspective style, slang, and racism of the '40s roman noir....His characters, individuals all, are beautifully shaded, and he captures the mind-numbing detail of police work." Chicago Sun-Times

Review:

"Ellroy kept me glued to the chair....His ear for 1940s speech is flawless." Newsweek

Synopsis:

The highly acclaimed novel from bestselling author James Ellroy is now a major motion picture directed by Brian DePalma (The Untouchables, Carlito's Way).

Synopsis:

The Black Dahlia is a roman noir on an epic scale: a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America's most infamous unsolved murder mystery--the murder of the beautiful young woman known as The Black Dahlia.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780892962068
Author:
Ellroy, James
Publisher:
Mysterious Press
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Murder
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Police
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Young women
Subject:
Los angeles
Subject:
Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction.
Subject:
Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Subject:
Mystery-A to Z
Series:
Cover Price Includes $ .50 F-P-T Amount
Series Volume:
0000
Publication Date:
19870931
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
9.00x6.00x.88 in. 1.46 lbs.
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Product details 336 pages Mysterious Press - English 9780892962068 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Building like a symphony, this is a wonderful, complicated but accessible tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit, with the perfect setting of booming, postwar Los Angeles."
"Review" by , "In his best book, Ellroy fictionalizes the notorious true story of the murder of a Los Angeles whore (literally sliced in two), using the poor girl as a psychic stand-in for the novelist's own murdered mother."
"Review" by , "High-intensity prose. Reading it aloud could shatter your wineglasses."
"Review" by , "Turgid with passion, violence, and frustration...imaginative and bizarre."
"Review" by , "A riveting 1940s noir Hollywood setting, full of period flavor and investigative detail."
"Review" by , "Ellroy distills the introspective style, slang, and racism of the '40s roman noir....His characters, individuals all, are beautifully shaded, and he captures the mind-numbing detail of police work."
"Review" by , "Ellroy kept me glued to the chair....His ear for 1940s speech is flawless."
"Synopsis" by , The highly acclaimed novel from bestselling author James Ellroy is now a major motion picture directed by Brian DePalma (The Untouchables, Carlito's Way).
"Synopsis" by , The Black Dahlia is a roman noir on an epic scale: a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America's most infamous unsolved murder mystery--the murder of the beautiful young woman known as The Black Dahlia.
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