> I'd also suggest the "Black Dahlia". I found the
story and
characters
> riveting and it's told in a more straightforward,
less stylistic way
than
> "L. A. Confidential".
Having seen several posts similar to this so far, I have to
ask--What exactly is the trouble with "style" here? Granted,
I agree that Ellroy's more recent work since My Dark Places
has gotten parodic and tedious (especially the GQ stuff), but
I think LAC and, a step above that, White Jazz, work great
because of this hyper, scat-singing, broken style. Is there a
problem then with style in general? Experimentation?
What?
Neil Smith
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