Bruce Townley (btownley@sirius.com)
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 15:56:28 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 at14:49 James Rogers sent: Ellroy
>This flash style bugged me in
>_White Jazz_ and also when I recently re-read _Big
Nowhere_. He also has
>the least plausible solutions to the "whodunit"
aspect of any author that I
>can recall. But you STILL need to read him. Unlike so
many HB writers, the
>guy seems to actually understand heartbreak and
despair, and he can
>communicate those emotions with almost unbelievable
intensity. I can't do
>justice to him in this regard - you'll have to read
him. The stories are
>not light reading, I can assure you of that. Probably
_American Tabloid_
>demonstrates the best command of plotting, but if you
are like a lot of us
>on this list you will finish _Black Dahlia_ and
immediately run to the
>bookstore to buy as much of the rest as you can
carry. In my opinion his
>books are still improving and, if he could lower the
volume (and the
>violence, which is pretty heavy even by HB standards)
he could be a really
>great, great writer. As is, I think you will love his
stuff.
An excellent nutshell examination of the appeal of Ellroy's
jivey style, James. Good work!
Bruce T. = btownley@sirius.com
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