"After White Jazz, he abandoned one of the most important
tools for a musician or a writer, namely contrast. Everything
seems shouted, with no relief. The theme gets lost in the
noise."
Mario, you've put your finger on why American Tabloid left me
cold. To me it was just Ellroy doing Ellroy. And as far as
denser, I'd say yes, but not in the sense he sems to mean it,
of more depth, but in the sense of obtuse, which brings us
right back to Jess's and my two takes on the word
impenetrable.
Mark
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