by James Ellroy · Süddeutsche Zeitung Bibliothek · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783866152281
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«L.A. Confidential» (Stadt der Teufel) is the crime novel by James Ellroy, published by Süddeutsche Zeitung Bibliothek in paperback (506 pages).
Set in 1950s Los Angeles, the novel follows three policemen with conflicting methods and moral codes. A shooting in a late-night café drags them into a plot of corruption, murder and scandal that exposes the city's shadows.
It is the third novel of James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet. This edition belongs to the Kriminalbibliothek collection of Süddeutsche Zeitung (number 4), with a translation by Hans H. Harbort.
For fans of crime novels and police thrillers; also of interest to those who know the film of the same name.
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).
