The Big Nowhere

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Big Nowhere
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Ellroy
SeriesL.A. Quartet
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:496
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9780099537878
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cornerstone
Imprint Windmill Books
Publication Date 2 June 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A startling panorama of Los Angeles in the fifties. A startling panorama of Los Angeles in the fifties. New Year's Eve as 1949 turns to 1950, Los Angeles- The City of Angels has becomes the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community. Three men are plunged into a maelstrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own personal darkness. The second of the LA Quartet, the epigraph for The Big Nowhere is a passage from a novel; "It was written that I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice- Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness."

Author Biography

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed 'LA Quartet'- The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz. His most recent novel, Blood's a Rover, completes the magisterial 'Underworld USA Trilogy' - the first two volumes of which (American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand) were both Sunday Times bestsellers.