by James Ellroy · Folio · tapa dura · ISBN 9788441313859
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«Ola de crímenes» is a collection of short stories and articles by James Ellroy on true crime, published by Folio in hardcover (362 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together short stories and articles that James Ellroy published in GQ magazine, set in Los Angeles. There are stories of an unscrupulous journalist, an accordionist addicted to homicide, and a man investigating his mother's murder. A raw look at crime, corruption, and the yellow press dominates.
Translation by Montserrat Gurguí and Hernán Sabaté. Original title: 'Crime Wave: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A.' (1999). Nueva narrativa bestseller collection.
For readers of James Ellroy and fans of crime fiction and true crime, with an interest in the sordid side of Los Angeles.
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).
