RARA-AVIS: Ellroy...That illiterate punk!

James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Sat, 12 Sep 1998 23:00:46 -0500 (CDT) At 07:05 PM 9/12/98 EDT, Marshall, as a small part of a very good post, wrote:.
Damned if I don't
>like the books _more_ because of the perspectives aired here--many of which
>run counter to my own inclinations. Hellfire, I think Ellroy is an illiterate
>punk with no style and still _White Jazz_ is on my reading pile because of
>some people here.

I love Ellroy's books but I find his semi-invented persona to be a bit
annoying. Would you mind blasting his prose for us so that I have a more
specific understanding of what aspects bother you?

James
James Michael Rogers
jetan@ionet.net
Mundus Vult Decipi

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