Black Dahlia

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• Book Of A Lifetime: The Black Dahlia, By James Ellroy

  As a reader I define a book as "great" if I'm still thinking about it long after I've finished it. As a writer, I'm tougher. A great book is one that makes me re-evaluate what I'm doing, dig deeper, try harder, raise my own bar. But James Ellroy's 'T ... (read full critics)

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• Occasionally crosses the line from crime drama to grotesque. There are some mentally-jarring scenes in here that actually kept me up at night out of fear of intense nightmares. Psychologically scorching, could possibly be considered historical fiction a la Caleb Carr but with far more focus on death ... (continue)

  Occasionally crosses the line from crime drama to grotesque. There are some mentally-jarring scenes in here that actually kept me up at night out of fear of intense nightmares. Psychologically scorching, could possibly be considered historical fiction a la Caleb Carr but with far more focus on death, obsession, and possession. Not for the faint of heart.

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• English Books
• Hardcover
• ISBN-10: 0739473603
• ISBN-13: 9780739473603
• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2006
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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