James Ellroy - Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and

Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You're in with the former, but my God I don't envy the blood on your conscience.

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Ellroy, James. L.A. Confidential. Mysterious Press, 1990, p. 489.

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About the Author

James Ellroy

Born: March 4, 1948
Nationality: American
Profession: Writer

Biography

Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A. Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009).

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