birdlives wrote:
> The writer of the "My Dark Places" script said that
she saw
> his rap sheet, and everything was on
there...
Was the rap sheet part of his press kit? How
convenient.
Still... Jan Oxenburg's hardly an impartial witness,
considering Ellroy's alleged past is frequently used as a
marketing tool, and would be doubly so for that book.
I've no doubt Ellroy was a little shit, but if he was as
screwed up as he claims, and actually did half the things he
boasts about, I'm surprised he didn't end up with a criminal
record. Then again, it was another age, and hey, he was one
of the preferred skin tones.
Nonetheless, there's a boastful glee in his accounts of his
misspent youth that's more than a little sad for a grown man.
I'm sure it impresses the hell out of the little boys
though.
Hmmm... Beyond their various peccadilloes, which they strove
to keep private, Chandler, Macdonald and Hammett were also
war heroes and patriots. Ellroy sniffed panties, and gladly
tells anyone who'll listen. This ain't your grandpa's crime
fiction.
In my other post today I mention "Hacks see the clothes and
mistake it for the man. Good writers see the surface stuff
for what it is, and pick and choose from it." Unfortunately,
Ellroy's so busy showing us HIS clothes, both in his fiction
and his real life, that it distracts from his work.
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