-----Original Message----- From: Robert Elkin <
rictusaporia@yahoo.com> Sent: Nov 14, 2005 7:07 PM To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS:
Surprise Endings
Hey Mark-- I was replying to the quote of a third party in
the post in question, which related an attitude opposite
yours (and, obviously, mine). Ellroy was the relevant example
from that place. (I think JE may have been transgressive in
WHITE JAZZ, but maybe not even there. His attention to
sound-biting his own work brings him down, as does his
tendency to repeat himself, I think.
He kind of lost me with the self-indulgent MY DARK
PLACES.) Rob
MY DARK PLACES was - for the most part - autobiographical.
How could it NOT be self-indulgent?
(And, for the record, I liked that book. A LOT.)
TL
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