Ellroy has never been accused of modesty. As a matter of
fact, he went
on to impugn Clinton's taste for preferring Mosley to
himself,
dismissing Clinton's endorsement of Mosley as politically
motivated (for
which a good argument could probably be made, regardless of
Mosley's
talent). Still, I have to ask why this must be a mutually
exclusive
choice, can't you like both authors?
It was interesting talking to Ellroy on a more personal
level. It was a
nice contrast to his increasingly tiresome public persona,
but he still
didn't leave the massive ego behind.
Mark
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