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    <body><![CDATA[Less satisfying than <em>The Black Dahlia</em> but more ambitious, at least narratively — I think my slight disappointment stems from a lack of the emotionalism that was so prominent in <em>Dahlia</em>.  This one puts politics on the table and spins a way more complex (some would say convoluted, but it does make se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65052766">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[didn't like it as much as <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21704.The_Black_Dahlia" title="The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy">The Black Dahlia</a>, but I couldn't put it down.  ending was a little unsatisfying.  I don't know what I was expecting.  It was still great though.  man, Ellroy can be/is one sick fuck.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/546931">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though this is one of Ellroy's highest rated novels (2nd in his L.A. Quartet), I had major problems getting into it. The plot is rich with characters and details, and it is written in the author's typical 1950's cop speak. With so many parallel stories, I had trouble understanding what was goin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9491030">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[   LA noir, 1950's. Ellroy is the author of &quot;LA Confidential&quot; and &quot;<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21704.The_Black_Dahlia" title="The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy">The Black Dahlia</a>&quot;. Similar settings and plot. That is not to mean that this book is hum-drum or repetitious in any way. Anything but. I think what keeps me reading these is the sense of something huge and nasty go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8199391">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had not heard as much about this Ellroy book as Black Dahlia, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. I had put it off for quite a long time, as I thought Dahlia was awful and L.A. Confidential quite a bit better but nowhere as near the majesty of White Jazz. Boy, was I wrong — I liked this even mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56490253">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Meh. Pacing was bad. Action, dialogue and too many too masculine characters confusing. It is a good period piece of LA in the 50s and it is EXTRA icky gory, but the ham fisted ending pissed me off and was sooo trite. After reading all that I deserved a better ending! Enjoyed Wizard for Hire series m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77661697">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ellroy's first real attempt, it seems, to bring out his now-favored triple-protagonist structure.  It doesn't work as well as most of his later work (Buzz Meeks is really the only sympathetic character of the three), but it's entertaining as hell and an interesting view into an artist's evolution.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting read. I had to read this book for class as well. I would probably not have picked this out myself, but after reading, it was a good book. If you like suspense, and history in the lifestyle of the gangsters in the 50's, then you'll love this book. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This title was my introduction to James Ellroy in the late 80s, and what an introduction it was. <br/><br/>I have been an Ellroy reader ever since. <br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ellroy crossbreeds the detective novel, historical, and gothic horror; so we get an analysis of the impulses and pathology behind historical events and figures, a Boschian canvas of human depravity, a crackerjack plot, and three unlovable but compelling protagonists living on the edge. The plot invo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9306666">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very engaging book. I couldn't put it down. Ellroy is a master at meticulously putting together a story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first Ellroy I read, and I still think it's the best. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The start of Ellroy's sparse, beatnik style prose.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[my favorite. best of the best. masterfully written.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[James Ellroy is the only crime fiction writer that I've found to live up to the high quality of writing standard that Dashiell Hammett &amp; <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2052.The_Big_Sleep" title="The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler">Raymond Chandler</a> set 50 yrs earlier.  I didn't learn about him until July, 2007 &amp; I then proceeded to read every bk of his I cd find in quick succession.  Admitted...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11023825">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Full of homoerotic noirness!  I really liked the writing; although, I had to read some sentences five times because of the awesome fifties slang.    ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I started this book I didn't realize that one of the main characters, Buzz Meeks, has a bit part in the L.A. Confidential movie.  Meeks is an interesting character, somehow noble despite his corruption.  Mal Considine is conflicted yet maintains a shred of heroism.  And Danny Upshaw is tortured...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33580949">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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