by James Ellroy · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722336437
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«A Dália Negra» is James Ellroy's crime novel, published by Editorial Presença in paperback (365 pages, in Portuguese).
Set in 1940s Los Angeles, it follows two detectives investigating the murder of Elizabeth Short, a young aspiring actress whose mutilated body is found in a vacant lot. Ellroy draws on a real unsolved case to build a plot of obsession, corruption and the search for truth.
First installment of the L.A. Quartet. Portuguese translation by Maria Georgina Segurado; the work was originally published in 1987 as The Black Dahlia.
For readers of crime fiction, thrillers and true crime, as well as those wanting to delve into Ellroy's work.
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).
