{"product_id":"the-l-a-quartet-the-black-dahlia-the-big-nowhere-l-a-confidential-white-jazz-introduction-by-tom-nolan-hardcover","title":"The L.A. Quartet: The Black Dahlia, the Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, White Jazz; Introduction by Tom Nolan - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Ellroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Nolan\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere in one volume is James Ellroy's first great body of work, an epic re-envisioning of postwar Los Angeles--etched in red and black and film-noir grays.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Dahlia \u003c\/i\u003edepicts the secret infrastructure of L.A.'s most sensational murder case. A young cop morphs into obsessed lover and lust-crazed avenger. The Dahlia claims him. She is the deus ex machina of a boomtown in extremis. The cop's rogue investigation is a one-way ticket to hell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e blends the crime novel and the political novel. It is winter, 1950--and the L.A. County Grand Jury is out to slam movieland Reds. It's a reverential shuck--and the three cops assigned to the job are out to grab all the glory they can. A series of brutal sex killings intervenes, and the job goes all-the-way bad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eL.A. Confidential \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e great novel of Los Angeles in the 1950s. Political corruption. Scandal-rag journalism. Bad racial juju and gangland wars. Six local stiffs slaughtered in an all-night hash house. The glorious and overreaching LAPD on an unprecedented scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e gives us the tortured confession of a corrupt cop going down for the count. He's a slumlord, a killer, a parasitic exploiter. He's a pawn in a series of police power plays and starting to see that he's being had. He's just met a woman. Thus, he's determined to claw his way out of the horrifying world he's created--and he's determined to tell us everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe L.A. Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking work of American popular fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eUnderworld U.S.A. Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Tabloid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cold Six Thousand\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlood's A Rover\u003c\/i\u003e--and the \u003ci\u003eL.A. Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Dahlia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL. A. Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhite Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.5 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772758163744,"sku":"9781101908051","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3a4bf6279bb46bc412a6f30efc641203.webp?v=1780413436","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-l-a-quartet-the-black-dahlia-the-big-nowhere-l-a-confidential-white-jazz-introduction-by-tom-nolan-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}