>i haven't read it
> yet but the labyrinth plotting and subplotting and
the masses of
> characters and the "inside view" of national events
sounds familiar.
Sure, but if you liked it before, why not again? I bought my
copy yesterday, and I think it's fine. Much more interesting,
less annoying than recent GQ articles would have led me to
believe (which makes me think he just dashed those off for
cash and saved his real & best work for the novel. way to
go). The prose is the typical scatterbrained routine, but it
works because he's giving us characters who matter instead of
playing around,
"Ellroy playing at Ellroy." I'm impressed.
Neil Smith
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