As Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins pieces the puzzle together he discovers the darker threat of John Havilland, a psychiatrist whose pleasure comes from the manipulation of the weak and the lonely ...And, as Hopkins closes in, Havilland's madness rages uncontrolled - and forces a shattering confrontation with the darker side of the human mind.
One of the great American writers or our time. "Los Angeles Times"
A blood poet who writes as chain saws crank, Ellroy has vigorously redefined the well-shadowed turf of contemporary crime fiction. " The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "
"An undeniably artful frenzy of violence, guilt, and unappeased self-loathing. Ellroy's crime fiction represents a high mark in the genre." --"Newsday"
Ellroy rips into American culture like a chainsaw in an abbatoir. --"Time"
"He's forged a style uniquely his own. Energetic and abrasive, it comes at us like a speed freak. . . . The power and pull of Ellroy's writing is unmistakable." --"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"Ellroy is the author of some of the most powerful crime novels ever written." --"The New York Times"
Garrotte-tight prose. . . . [Ellroy is] a force of nature, stringing together words into barbed-wire lariats which he then uses to choke the bejesus out of you. . . . His novels are all muscle, zero fat. " --Austin Chronicle"
"Memorable, stunning, incisive. . . . It is possible, I think, to make the argument that in the past couple of decades, Mr. Ellroy has been the most influential writer in America." --Otto Penzler, " The New York Sun"
Nobody in this generation matches the breadth and depth of James Ellroy s way with noir. " --Detroit News"
"Ellroy sprays declarative sentences like machine-gun bullets, blasting to kingdom come all notions of justice, heroism, and simple decency." --"Entertainment Weekly"
"[Ellroy] can make the night world of sleaze and street monsters come alive on the page." --"St. Louis Globe-Democrat""
One of the great American writers or our time.
Los Angeles Times A blood poet who writes as chain saws crank, Ellroy has vigorously redefined the well-shadowed turf of contemporary crime fiction.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An undeniably artful frenzy of violence, guilt, and unappeased self-loathing. Ellroy's crime fiction represents a high mark in the genre." --
Newsday Ellroy rips into American culture like a chainsaw in an abbatoir. --
Time "He's forged a style uniquely his own. Energetic and abrasive, it comes at us like a speed freak. . . . The power and pull of Ellroy's writing is unmistakable." --
Los Angeles Times Book Review "Ellroy is the author of some of the most powerful crime novels ever written." --
The New York Times Garrotte-tight prose. . . . [Ellroy is] a force of nature, stringing together words into barbed-wire lariats which he then uses to choke the bejesus out of you. . . . His novels are all muscle, zero fat.
--Austin Chronicle "Memorable, stunning, incisive. . . . It is possible, I think, to make the argument that in the past couple of decades, Mr. Ellroy has been the most influential writer in America." --Otto Penzler,
The New York Sun Nobody in this generation matches the breadth and depth of James Ellroy s way with noir.
--Detroit News "Ellroy sprays declarative sentences like machine-gun bullets, blasting to kingdom come all notions of justice, heroism, and simple decency." --
Entertainment Weekly "[Ellroy] can make the night world of sleaze and street monsters come alive on the page." --
St. Louis Globe-Democrat"
"One of the great American writers or our time." --
Los Angeles Times "A blood poet who writes as chain saws crank, Ellroy has vigorously redefined the well-shadowed turf of contemporary crime fiction."
--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An undeniably artful frenzy of violence, guilt, and unappeased self-loathing. Ellroy's crime fiction represents a high mark in the genre." --
Newsday "Ellroy rips into American culture like a chainsaw in an abbatoir." --
Time "He's forged a style uniquely his own. Energetic and abrasive, it comes at us like a speed freak. . . . The power and pull of Ellroy's writing is unmistakable." --
Los Angeles Times Book Review "Ellroy is the author of some of the most powerful crime novels ever written." --
The New York Times "Garrotte-tight prose. . . . [Ellroy is] a force of nature, stringing together words into barbed-wire lariats which he then uses to choke the bejesus out of you. . . . His novels are all muscle, zero fat."
--Austin Chronicle "Memorable, stunning, incisive. . . . It is possible, I think, to make the argument that in the past couple of decades, Mr. Ellroy has been the most influential writer in America." --Otto Penzler,
The New York Sun "Nobody in this generation matches the breadth and depth of James Ellroy's way with noir."
--Detroit News "Ellroy sprays declarative sentences like machine-gun bullets, blasting to kingdom come all notions of justice, heroism, and simple decency." --
Entertainment Weekly "[Ellroy] can make the night world of sleaze and street monsters come alive on the page." --
St. Louis Globe-Democrat