Set in Los Angeles from 1947 to 1959, Hollywood Nocturnes gives us an afterword and six stories set in the same crime-ridden, sex-crazed per...
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Mar 21, 2011
Hirosasazaki
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What a light novel for Ellroy. I enjoyed it. His talent on precise plots is still alive even in short stories.
Jan 03, 2011
Jch
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Good to see some familiar friends from the LA Quartet revived here. The stories are fun, nothing monumental. A good travel book of short stories.
Apr 26, 2011
Ward
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Ellroy never ceases to amaze me. What's actually refreshing here is a longer sentence structure. Unlike the rapid-fire staccato of, say, THE COLD SIX THOUSAND, on display here is a more languid style. Characters and names from his other work show up here - THE BLACK DAHLIA's Lee Blanchard in "High Darktown," names like Stensland, Kafesjian, and Klein, and Buzz Meeks shines at the center of "Since I Don't Have You." I love Ellroy's rich, compact descriptions and his deliri
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Nov 10, 2009
Alexa
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This collection of novellas is well written and has great characters but it's just a little repetitive. I love Ellroy's noir style but I should not have read this cover to cover.
Jan 29, 2012
Enrico
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Racconti neri con personaggi noti della letteratura di Ellroy.
Tutto sommato però nel complesso non convince molto.
Tutto sommato però nel complesso non convince molto.
Jan 02, 2008
J. Mark
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Whereas Raymond Chandler's Marlowe is almost too intelligent, smooth, honorable and witty for his own good, Ellroy's heroes are compromised, misogynistic, perverted and just kind of assholes. I loved it. "Dial AXE-6400" was thrilling to the core. A great, great read. I take one star away because I was sometimes a little TOO aware Ellroy's cleverness and wordplay.
Sep 15, 2008
Kate
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I think Ellroy is a talented writer however, he has a tendency to tell the same story again and again. It was pretty boring to hear exactly the same lines and descriptions in different stories. This collection killed my desire to read any more of his books for a while.
May 12, 2008
Brett
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While these short stories are quite readable and easily digested its apparent that Ellroy's plots, characters, and prose are best enjoyed in the form of novel-length potboilers. The opening essay is pretty excellent, and required reading for any Ellroy fan.
Feb 04, 2011
Alber
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James Ellroy es un macarra buenísimo, lo sabe y lo dice cada vez que tiene ocasión. Además, le importa un carajo el resto de escritores del mundo: el va a lo que va y lo borda. Bien.
Jun 04, 2007
Dev
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Tightly drawn characters battling for some crude sense of justice and sanity in a world where the world turns a deaf ear to depravity as long as it's on the side of the Law.
Jan 12, 2008
Rebekka
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this is the first one I read. The short story set on the film set is my favorite of all of Ellory's writing.
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