December 2004
Book Selection:
Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy
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Mon, Jan 3, 2004, 10am
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From the publisher:
On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful
young woman is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines
as The Black Dahlia -- and so begins the greatest manhunt in
California history. Caught up in the investigation are Bucky
Bleichert and Lee Blanchard: cops, friends and rivals in love
with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahlia --
driven by dark needs to know everything about her past, to capture
her killer, to possess the woman even in death. Their quest
will take them on a hellish journey through the underbelly of
postwar Hollywood, to the core of the dead girl's twisted life,
past the extremes of their own psyches-into a region of total
madness.
From the publisher:
James Ellroy was born in 1948 in Los Angeles, the city that has served as the inspiration for his acclaimed crime novels. His L.A. Quartet novels -- "The Black Dahlia," "The Big Nowhere," "L.A. Confidential" and "White Jazz" -- are international bestsellers. His most recent novel, "American Tabloid," was TIME magazine's novel of the year for 1995. His memoir, My Dark Places, was a New York Times notable book and a TIME magazine best book of the year for 1996. He lives in Kansas City.
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