James Ellroy
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Anyone out there stuck on reading James Ellroy as much as me. It's become an addiction...can't seem to put his books down.
>>By CD (Saturday, 25 Jan 2003 12:59)
Toughguy prose at it's best.
My personal favourites: "American Tabloid" and it's sequel "The Cold Six Thousand".
They need to make more movies based on his books. "L.A. Confidential" was an excellent start.
>>By Helmet (Friday, 20 Feb 2004 01:28)
Yeah... I remember taking the "kid-friendly" version of L.A Confidential outta the school Library when i was 12.... perhaps I'll read the REAL thing soon enough... I dont read enough books :( ahh yes- this is good- right beside the sexiest guy in the world..................... ;)
>>By Tchock (Thursday, 16 Feb 2006 19:53)
shazzam !!!!!!!! started to re-read American Tabloid a couple of nites ago yessiree the 2nd helping STILL grabs ya by the scruff of the neck & screams......"pay attention !!!" oh-yeah-daddy-o this novel crackles............ 1 super bad-ass french-canadian (pete bondurant) *the beard* (fidel castro) *the haircut* (john f. kennedy) crusading moping-moralist (bobby kennedy) super *closet* snoop ( j. edgar hoover) teaming Teamster Union pesion fund (& pres. jimmy hoffa) degenerate millionaire dope fiend (howard hughes) the MOB the CIA the FBI the Bay Of Pigs commies anti-commies hollywood skank 'n' scandal ALL tied together & ALL coming together on November 22nd, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
>>By Helmet (Saturday, 6 May 2006 05:03)
i concur!! me loves american tabloid..... just need to finish it first......... haha... pg 350 (or thereabouts) & its soared to be my favourite book.... but then again i dont read much.
>>By Tchock (Sunday, 4 Jun 2006 17:24)
& why do i have to be so stupid?? (no- only related to what i said first.......)
>>By Tchock (Wednesday, 7 Jun 2006 23:17)
it started with pete it ended with pete
in conclusion : marvellous, inspiring.......... 585 pages of magic
bring on the cold six thousand !!
>>By Tchock (Saturday, 17 Jun 2006 15:39)
the more i read about the 'facts' behind the jfk assassination (courtesy of wikipedia i might add) the more i am impressed by ellroy's american underworld series & the way he weaves fiction & fact together.............. & from what i've read mister. ellroy probably ain't TOO far from the truth................
& ellroy's a strict vegetarian.... yay!!!!!!!!!! ;) (EVEN if he has republican tendancies........)
>>By Tchock (Monday, 21 Aug 2006 19:34)
just saw a tv commercial for an upcoming movie....... "Black Dahlia" (opens sept. 15) yes yes the sordid (unsolved) 1947 snuff of Elizabeth Short how she ended-up in 2 pieces on a vacant lot in Los Angeles is a mystery to this day well *fingers-crossed* that they've used James Ellroys "Black Dahlia" novel as a blueprint for the movie it would make a mucho-good addition to his other book / movie .............. "L.A. Confidential"
>>By Helmet (Tuesday, 22 Aug 2006 05:03)
ok ellroy-ites let the good times roll a little web-surfing has revealed.......... the movie IS based on the Ellroy novel & is directed by Brian DaPalma & will star Hillary Swank & Scarlett Johanson
>>By Helmet (Tuesday, 22 Aug 2006 05:27)
haha i think now that CD's left, Helmet, we're the only Ellroy-ites !!!! yeah my brother said that josh harnel/harnet/hartner (guy from Pearl Harbour) was going to be playing the lead role.... i hope he's wrong i HATE that man !!!!! :)
ahhh the Cold Six Thousand almost made me miss my train station today could NOT put it down !!!!
>>By Tchock (Wednesday, 23 Aug 2006 22:13)
wowie-wow-wow !!! the trilogy COMPLETE James Ellroys' new novel is in the bookshops ..... "Blood's A Rover" the grand finale to the "American Tabloid", "Cold Six Thousand" sereies. tally-ho !!!!!!! onto my scooter & off to the book store to get me some winter reading (high-brow pulp;) reading matter :):):)
>>By Helmet (Thursday, 26 Nov 2009 19:45)
American Tabloid :) Good memories... still need to finish the Cold Six though !!! And man, three years & not a post?!?! :P Alas, not hopping off on my scooter but rather *switching windows* to the pdf document : Digital Communications Tutorials (apparently lecture material which wasn't covered until week 9 was meant to be done in tutorial week 7 ?!?! ) Damn Doctor & his TARDIS !
>>By Tchock (Thursday, 26 Nov 2009 22:58)
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