Dick Contino's Blues And Other Stories
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Dick Contino's Blues And Other Stories
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) James Ellroy
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:176 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Crime and mystery Short stories |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780099410119
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Classifications | Dewey:813.54 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cornerstone
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Imprint |
Arrow Books Ltd
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Publication Date |
17 February 1994 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
James Ellroys epochal first collection of short fiction Dick Contino - 50s accordian player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam. meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles...a killer who is closer to Contino than he suspects - a killer who wants in on the kidnap - for real... Plus five previously unpublished short stories.
Author Biography
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels - The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential and White Jazz were international bestsellers. His novel American Tabloid was Time magazine's Best Book (fiction) of 1995; his memoir, My Dark Places, was Time magazine's Best Book and New York Times notable book for 1996. He lives in Kansas City.
ReviewsThe outstanding American crime-writer of his generation * Peter Gutteridge, Independent * James Ellroy writes like a man possessed about men possessed * David Pascoe, Modern Review * Not since the days of Hammett and Chandler has the crime novel been so eloquent and seductive * VOX *
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