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My Dark Places

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few weeks ago
My Dark Places by James Ellroy is split into 4 parts. The first part focuses on the real life detectives as they investigate the murder of Ellroy's mother in the late 50's. The second details Ellroy's life after her death. Which was pretty much drugs, booze and petty burglery until he pulls himself out of it. The third part features Bill Stoner the man who helps Ellroy with his mother's cold...more
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few weeks ago
This is James Ellroy's story. This explains his interest and expertise with LA Crime Mystery with the murder of his own mother when he was a small boy.
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This was really compelling - I'm on board for his other work now.
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few weeks ago
Ellroy makes Bukowski look an amateur.
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few weeks ago
Engaging, well-written and very fucked up. Much like the author. I enjoyed reading about specific details in his life that drove him to make the decisions he has made. How many people in jail or living on the street have a similar story? How is it that Ellroy becomes a success and they don't? Life is weird.
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few weeks ago
Incredible prose, as always. Only this time the subject is his strange childhood and its everlasting impression on him and his writing.
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few weeks ago
sad.
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few weeks ago
Own a signed copy of it!!!
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few weeks ago
I normally never read autobiographies, but this is one of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read.
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few weeks ago
An oddly inspirational tale of someone truly in a tailspin who's life turns around by the simple act of just writing. Vehemently candid and personal without self-indulgence.
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  • ISBN-10: 0679441859
  • ISBN-13: 9780679441854
  • ISBN-10: 0099549611
  • ISBN-13: 9780099549611
  • Binding: Paperback(96)
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 0099549611
  • ISBN-13: 9780099549611
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