MY DARK PLACES

À propos

America's greatest crime writer investigates his mother's murder. On 21 June 1958, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy left her home in California. She was found strangled the next day. Her ten year-old son James had been with her estranged husband all weekend and was informed of her death on his return. Her murderer was never found, but her death had an enduring effect on her son - he spent his teens and early adult years as a wino, petty burglar and derelict.

Only later, through his obsession with crime fiction, triggered by his mother's murder, did Ellroy begin to delve into his past. Shortly after the publication of his groundbreaking novel WHITE JAZZ, he determined to return to Los Angeles and, with the help of veteran detective Bill Stoner, attempt to solve the 38-year-old killing.

The result is one of the few classics of crime non-fiction and autobiography to appear in the last few decades; a hypnotic trip to America's underbelly and one man's tortured soul.

  • Auteur(s)

    James Ellroy

  • Éditeur

    Windmill Books

  • Distributeur

    Side

  • Date de parution

    09/09/2010

  • EAN

    9780099537847

  • Disponibilité

    Indisponible

  • Nombre de pages

    416 Pages

  • Longueur

    198 cm

  • Largeur

    129 cm

  • Épaisseur

    2.5 cm

  • Poids

    287 g

  • Support principal

    Poche

James Ellroy

James Ellroy, de son vrai nom Lee Earle Ellroy, né le 4 mars 1948 à Los Angeles, en Californie, est un écrivain et scénariste américain, spécialisé dans le roman noir et le roman policier historique.

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