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L.A. Confidential

By James Ellroy

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780446400107

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2 cassettes / 3 hours
Read by David Strathairn

The movie Janet Maslin of the New York Times calls:

"Gangbusters!  A shrewd, elegant film with a flawless ensemble cast and style to burn"

is now the must-listen AudioBook read by one of the stars of the film, LContinue

2 cassettes / 3 hours
Read by David Strathairn

The movie Janet Maslin of the New York Times calls:

"Gangbusters!  A shrewd, elegant film with a flawless ensemble cast and style to burn"

is now the must-listen AudioBook read by one of the stars of the film, L.A. Confidential,
David Strathairn


L.A. Confidential is an epic crime novel that stands as a steel-edged time capsule--Los Angeles in the 1950s, a remarkable era defined in dark shadings.

A horrific mass murder invades the lives of victims and victimizers on both sides of the law--three cops treading quicksand in the middle.

Detective Ed Exley wants glory.  Haunted by his father's success as a policeman, he will pay any price, break any law to eclipse him.

Detective Bud White watched his own father murder his mother--he is now bent on random vengeance, a time bomb with a badge.

Celebrity cop Jack Vincennes shakes down movie stars for a scandal magazine.  An old secret possesses him--he'll do anything to keep it buried.

Three cops in a spiral, a nightmare that tests loyalty and courage, a nightmare that offers no mercy, allows for no survivors.  Here is James Ellroy's masterpiece. . . darkness to haunt you in shades of red, gray, and black.

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  • I'm not sure if this is supposed to be his best, but I found this shockingly good. Feels like if Hammett had been living today, he would have written something like this. Look forward to reading more Ellroy some time.

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    sid_rw said on Jul 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Way too much stuff in this story. Let's add that Ellroy is so far the hardest author for me to read in English, if we can still call his slang-o-matic style English...

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    One More Book said on Apr 3, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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