I haven't read The Cold Six Thousand yet, but I thought
American Tabloid was an instant classic of American
literature (not just crime literature), and I don't think I'm
alone in that.
Mark
On 5/3/08, jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
<rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Nathan Cain" <IndieCrime@...>
wrote:
> >
> > I have been putting off seeing this movie.
There was once a time when
> > I would have rushed out to see anything with
Ellroy's name attached to
> > it, and I'm kind of surprised it took so long
for anyone to bring it
> > up on this list. It would seem like a movie
with an Ellroy penned
> > story would a big screaming deal on a list
dedicated to hard boiled
> > crime fiction. It seems, however, to have
hardly made an impression on
> > anyone. It wasn't too long ago that Ellroy was
the toast of the hard
> > boiled world. It seems to me, like some of the
shine has worn off. I
> > know I kind of got sick of him mouthing off
about his dead mother, and
> > doing the tortured genius shtick. It began to
get unseemly, quite
> > frankly. He suffered a great loss as a kid and
had a terrible
> > childhood, but his dwelling on it so much began
to make me
> > uncomfortable. It's unsettling to see a grown
man work out his mommy
> > issues so publicly. Has Ellroy gone off the
rails, and squandered his
> > cachet? What say you fellow list
members?
> >
>
> Since Ellroy isn't running for Miss Agreeable
Personality, I prefer to
> judge him on his work. I think the books he
published before American
> Tabloid, together with Hollywood Nocturnes and My
Dark Places, are
> enough to make him into one of the great hardboiled
writers. I thought
> American Tabloid and A Cool Six Thousand sucked,
unreadable stuff...
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
>
>
-- Mark R. Harris 2122 W. Russet Court #8 Appleton WI 54914 (920) 470-9855 brokerharris@gmail.com
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