by James Ellroy · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099255086
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«L.A. Confidential» is the crime novel by James Ellroy, published by Arrow in paperback (480 pages, in English).
In 1951 Los Angeles, three police detectives try to get ahead in a corrupt department where the line between law and crime blurs. A beating of prisoners brings to light the secrets on which they have built their careers and drags them into a web of crimes, blackmail and conspiracies that reaches the heart of Hollywood.
Third novel of the L.A. Quartet. English edition tied to the release of the Warner Bros. movie.
Recommended for readers of crime and detective fiction who enjoy plots of corruption and secrets in classic Hollywood.
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).
