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James Ellroy (US crime writer)

  • Lee Earle Ellroy
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1948-03-04
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Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A. Confidential (1990).

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American crime fiction writer and essayist.

Series:
• L.A. Quartet
• Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy
• The Second L.A. Quartet
• Underworld USA Trilogy

Last modified: 2020-08-13 (revision #20994)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Stiller SchreckenPaperback3-548-22057-61992-11
Die schwarze DahliePaperback3-548-10654-41990-12
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