by James Ellroy · Rivages · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782869305038
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«L.A. Confidential» is the crime novel by James Ellroy, published by Rivages/Noir in paperback (598 pages, in French).
Set in 1950s Los Angeles, it follows three LAPD detectives whose careers intersect after a beating of prisoners and a massacre at a late-night diner. Amid police corruption, secrets and violence, the investigation exposes the miseries that sustain the city and Hollywood.
It is the third instalment of the L.A. Quartet, Ellroy's tetralogy, and received the Deutscher Krimi Preis 1992 in the international category.
For crime fiction readers and for those who want to continue with James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet.
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).
