by James Ellroy · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440643452
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«Jazz Blanco» is the crime novel by James Ellroy, published by Ediciones B in paperback (525 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Los Angeles in 1958, the novel follows Lieutenant Dave Klein, a corrupt cop who moves between bribes and violence while a federal investigation into police corruption turns him into bait. Klein narrates in the first person his drift through a world of politicians and mobsters, with dry, laconic prose.
«Jazz Blanco» is the fourth installment of James Ellroy's Los Angeles Quartet. This edition was published in 1996; the original work is «White Jazz», winner of the Falcon Award in 1997.
It is aimed at lovers of crime fiction who appreciate Ellroy's direct and gritty style.
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A. Confidential (1990).
