The Best American Noir of the Century View Online By James Ellroy
| Title | : | The Best American Noir of the Century |
| Author | : | James Ellroy |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 615 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0099538253 |
A magisterial anthology of American noir writing in the 20th century by the best selling author of the LA Quartet The Black Dahlia The Big Nowhere , LA Confidential and White Jazz In his intoduction to The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, noir is the most scrutinised offshoot of the hard boiled school of fiction It s the long drop off the short A magisterial anthology of American noir writing in the 20th century by the best selling author of the LA Quartet The Black Dahlia The Big Nowhere , LA Confidential and White Jazz In his intoduction to The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, noir is the most scrutinised offshoot of the hard boiled school of fiction It s the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance It s the nightmare of flawed souls with big dreams and the precise how and why of the all time sure thing that goes bad Offering the best examples of literary sure things gone bad, this collection ensures that nowhere else can readers find a darker, thorough distillation of American noir fiction.James Ellroy and Otto Penzler, series editor of the annual The Best American Mystery Stories, mined one hundred years of writing 1910 2010 to find this treasure trove of thirty nine stories From noir s twenties era infancy come gems like James M Cain s Pastorale, and its post war heyday boasts giants like Mickey Spillane and Evan Hunter Packing an undeniable punch, diverse contemporary incarnations include El Leonard, Dennis Lehane, Patricia Highsmith and William Gay, with many page turners appearing in the last decade
about Author
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948 His L.A Quartet novels The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A Confidential, and White Jazz were international best sellers His novel American Tabloid was Time magazine s Best Book fiction of 1995 his memoir, My Dark Places, was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996 His novel The Cold Six Thousand was a New York James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948 His L.A Quartet novels The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A Confidential, and White Jazz were international best sellers His novel American Tabloid was Time magazine s Best Book fiction of 1995 his memoir, My Dark Places, was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996 His novel The Cold Six Thousand was a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book for 2001 Ellroy lives in Los Angeles.Ellroy is known for a telegraphic writing style, which omits words other writers would consider necessary, and often features sentence fragments His books are noted for their dark humor and depiction of American authoritarianism Other hallmarks of his work include dense plotting and a relentlessly pessimistic worldview Ellroy has been called the Demon Dog of American crime fiction See also 
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
American Tabloid (Underworld USA, #1)
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
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A magisterial anthology of American noir writing in the 20th century by the best selling author of the LA Quartet The Black Dahlia The Big Nowhere , L
615 pagesJames Ellroy
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